December 23, 2013 8:59 PM

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AAP to form govt in Delhi; Kejriwal to take over as CM

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will form the government with the support of Congress in Delhi. AAP Convener Arvind Kejriwal, will take over as Chief Minister later this week.

Earlier, Mr Kejriwal met Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung and staked claim to form a government in New Delhi. Mr. Kejriwal handed over a formal letter to the Lt. Governor saying a majority of the people are in favour of Aam Aadmi Party forming a government in New Delhi. Mr Kejriwal said, the swearing in ceremony of Aam Admi party government will take place at the Ramleela Maidan.

Kejriwal said, the Lt. Governor told him that the letter will be forwarded to the President for consideration.

The Lt Governor told Mr Kejriwal that he would send the proposal of government making to the President for his decision and the date and timing of the swearing-in ceremony would be decided once President Pranab Mukherjee gives his decision.

Later, Kejriwal said his government would implement all the promises made in the party manifesto. Electricity, water, enactment of Janlokpal and ending VIP culture. His party leader Prashant Bhushan said they were not taking over power because it will last or it must last a term in office but because people want them to implement the promises.

The IIT-Kharagpur graduate in Mechanical Engineering, Arvind Kejriwal was born in Haryana on 16th August 1968 and is a resident of Kausambi nearby Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh. 45-year-old Kejriwal, defeated incumbent Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit in New Delhi by a huge margin of over 25,000 votes.

A Magsaysay award winner, a one-time RTI activist and a close associate of Anna Hazare during his campaign for a
Janlokpal Bill, Kejriwal also worked for Indian Revenue Service as a Joint Commissioner at the Income Tax Department.

Kejriwal establish Aam Admi Party on 26 November 2012. The party as a whole own 28 of the 70 available seats in the recently held New Delhi Assembly Elections.

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