Washington: A group of Indian-Americans from as many as 20 cities held a meeting in Chicago over the weekend and extended full support to the political movement of change being spearheaded by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led by social activist Arvind Kejriwal.
In a resolution at the first convention of AAP in USA on May 18, Indian-American supporters of Kejriwal said non-residents have a crucial role to play in the political movement being spearheaded by the anti-graft activist.
"We NRIs (Non-resident Indians) and PIOs (People of Indian origin) look with great interest at this political experiment and extend full support to Aam Aadmi Party that wants to change the culture of politics in India," said the resolution which was introduced before the convention by its member Munish Raizada.
"As a community, we have our own expectations from the government. Thus, it is crucial that political class do justice to our country keeping in mind that India has a long history of glory, richness and civilization and all that needs to reclaimed," the resolution said. ...
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12:45 PM, May 20, 2013
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday attacked Law Minister Kapil Sibal over Vodafone tax case and said all the corrupt ministers have joined the Group of Ministers on CBI autonomy. ...
10:48 PM, May 17, 2013
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11:57 PM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday attacked Law Minister Kapil Sibal over Vodafone tax case and said all the corrupt ministers have joined the Group of Ministers on CBI autonomy. "Kapil Sibal says he will sort out the tax liability on Vodafone and Hutchinson in an outside court settlement. We have learnt that Kapil Sibal's son is Hutchinson's lawyer," added Kejriwal. While addressing a...
02:42 PM, May 15, 2013
AAP is doing what politicians have forgotten to do As the summer kicks in, people's representatives are often seen scurrying for their cool drawing ...
06:20 AM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will protest in New Delhi on Friday against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The AAP has announced that it will protest at Jantar Mantar even though the police have not given the permission. According to the AAP, Nirpreet Kaur, who lost her father in the riots, is on an indefinite fast demanding justice at Jantar...
10:45 AM, May 03, 2013
New Delhi: In solidarity with their protest against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including Arvind Kejriwal will sit on a one-day fast in New Delhi on Friday along with the family members of the the 1984 anti-Sikh riots' victims. Besides Kejriwal, AAP leaders Manish Sidoda, Gopal Rai, Sanjay Singh and Kumar Vishwas will also sit on a fast with the families at Jantar...
10:45 AM, May 03, 2013
How far is Arvind Kejriwal's pledge to supply power to people in Delhi at half the current price, if the Aam Aadmi Party is elected to power in Delhi, likely to appeal to voters? Is it a realistic promise or has Kejriwal also resorted to making sky-high promises that all political parties make before the elections? Q. How much truth is there in the story that Arvind Kejriwal is pursuing?...
04:31 PM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: Opposing any further hike in power tariff, Delhi BJP Chief Vijay Goel on Sunday promised that multiple discoms will be allowed to supply power if his party wins in assembly polls later this year so that the rates go down drastically. Addressing a rally at Rohini area in West Delhi, Goel said BJP will launch a "massive" agitation if the rates were increased again. "A massive agitation will...
01:32 AM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday called off its protest march to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's residence after she "agreed" to receive 10.5 lakh protest letters on "inflated" power and water bills but it announced gherao of the residences of Delhi MLAs in May. The party also announced it will have 71 manifestos for the Assembly elections - one main and one each for 70 constituencies. After Dikshit's office...
07:14 PM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party, which is protesting at Janata Mantar in New Delhi against inflated electricity and water bills, said it will deliver 10,50,000 letters to the Chief Minister's residence on Sunday. The letters, addressing various issues in the city, have been written by the people of Delhi to the Sheila Dikshit government. AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal is very happy with the response of the people and...
02:46 PM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party, which is protesting at Janata Mantar in New Delhi against inflated electricity and water bills, said it will deliver 10,50,000 letters to the Chief Minister's residence on Sunday. The letters, addressing various issues in the city, have been written by the people of Delhi to the Sheila Dikshit government. AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal is very happy with the response of the people and...
02:46 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal has said that if his party comes to power in Delhi in 2013 elections, he will provide electricity at half the rate. He was speaking to Rupashree Nanda of CNN-IBN. Below is the full text of the interview. CNN-IBN: Sir you have always demanded the resignation of the Delhi Police Commissioner Mr Neeraj Kumar. While accountability definitely needs to be fixed, do you think...
02:08 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal has said that if his party comes to power in Delhi in 2013 elections, he will provide electricity at half the rate. He was speaking to Rupashree Nanda of CNN-IBN. Below is the full text of the interview. CNN-IBN: Sir you have always demanded the resignation of the Delhi Police Commissioner Mr Neeraj Kumar. While accountability definitely needs to be fixed, do you think...
02:08 PM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party will on Sunday hold a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi against inflated electricity and water bills. The party wants Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to collect 10,50,000 letters written to her by the people of Delhi against inflated bills. The AAP workers plan to march towards the Chief Minister's home if the letters are not collected from Jantar Mantar. Few days back, AAP...
09:38 AM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday threatened to march to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's residence on next Sunday if her government does not receive over 10 lakh letters refusing to pay "inflated" power and water bills. In a letter to Dikshit, AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal said they will organise a gathering of thousands at Jantar Mantar on April 28 and requested her to sent her officials...
06:29 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman Mukesh Ambani has said he will be paying for his Z-category security. The DG of CRPF had earlier told CNN-IBN that it would cost Rs 14 lakh a month to provide Mukesh Ambani the security which includes salary, supervision and escort charges. Earlier, Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Admi Party had protested against the VIP security being provided to Mukesh Ambani. Mukesh Ambani is...
02:59 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal will contest the Delhi Assembly elections scheduled later in 2013 but it was yet to be decided from which constituency he will fight the poll, AAP said on Monday. "Kejriwal will fight the elections, but from which constituency, we cannot say now...There has been a clamour for his fighting the Delhi elections," AAP chief spokesperson Manish Sisodia told reporters here. Asked whether...
08:44 AM, Apr 16, 2013
New Delhi: The residents of Delhi who joined Aam Aadmi Party's campaign against electricity bills could face legal trouble. One of the electricity supply companies has decided to lodge FIRs against six residents of Jahangirpuri. The FIR will be filed against six people who are residing in Lakhi Park slums of Jahangirpuri. Claiming that the six people owned almost Rs 20,000 in dues the company has filed a complaint in...
12:35 PM, Apr 10, 2013
New Delhi: After 14 days and more than a million letters of resistance against high electricity and water tariffs, Arvind Kejriwal looking visibly frail - broke his fast in Sunder Nagri. The party that asked the aam aadmi to non-violently disobey the law and stop paying power bills made yet another poll pitch setting the agenda for the upcoming Delhi assembly elections. Kejriwal said, "When our party comes to power,...
11:32 AM, Apr 07, 2013
