other activists decided to enter politics and contest elections. In November 2012, they formally launched the Aam Aadmi Party; Kejri- wal was elected as the party's National Convener. The party name reflects the phrase Aam Aadmi, or "common man", whose interests Kejriwal proposed to represent. The establishment of AAP caused a rift between Kejriwal and Anna Hazare. AAP decided to contest the Delhi Leg- islative Assembly election, 2013, with Kejriwal contesting against the incum- bent Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Kejri- wal became the fifth most-mentioned
Karan Bajwa is one of the dedicated Volunteers from AAP Bay Area chapter. He lives in Hayward. He has been associated with AAP Bay Area for long time and participated in many AAP events. He is the top third caller from bay area made 1355 calls.
Indian politician on social media channels in the run- up to the elections. He won the elections with a re- sounding majority with a historic win of 67 Assembly seats out of 70. Since then he was successful to provide free water, electricity, free Mohalla clinics and free ed- ucation. These four by themselves won him the hearts of many a poor. The rest is history.
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are hearteningly hopeful of their equally young leader. Amidst all this excitement, two men in their early twenties, Maninder Pal Singh and Harchet Singh, who are part of the restaurant management, sit there, silently accommodating. They don’t make calls but support the volunteers by keeping restaurant open, supplying them with food and tea, until wee hours. “Yes we want AAP to win,” said Maninder Pal Singh. “They are good people.” “Mark my words,” echoed Mickey. “We will be cel- ebrating soon here.” Others cheered and beamed in agreement. And the hope is contagious! ABOUT AAP & ARVIND KEJRIWAL An IIT kharagpur’s graduate, Kejriwal’s life is a zigzag of activism against corruption. His role as the founder of several NGOs to help the common man and his important role in Anna movement, which drew the world attention to him, are well known facts. In the process he bagged many awards including Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership, 2006, and DistinguishedAlumnus Award, IIT Kharagpur for Em- inent Leadership. In 2014 Kejriwal was featured in 2014 Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world and in 2016 ranked 42nd position on the list and is the sole leader from India among world's 50 greatest lead- ers by Fortune (magazine). One of the major criticisms directed at the Jan Lok- pal activists was that they had no right to dictate terms to the elected representatives. As a result, Kejriwal and
If AAP wins Punjab Assembly elections this year, Kejriwal would yet again create history and could emerge as the main hurdle to BJP in the upcoming 2019 general elections and pose a serious threat to the cur- rent Prime Minister Modi’s position. AndAAP’s enthu- siastic volunteers here in California would make sure that they give it their all to make this almost phenome- nal success story come true!
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