Family of Arvind Kejriwal
New Delhi – Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal was born on 16 August 1968 in Siwani, Haryana. His father Govind Ram Kejriwal was an engineer and Arvind Kejriwal’s mother’s name is Geeta Devi. Kejriwal’s father worked as an electrical engineer at Ram Jindal STRIPS. Govind the head of an ordinary family, has three sons and daughters.
Arvind Kejriwal’s childhood and education
If we talk about Arvind Kejriwal’s childhood, his childhood was spent in Sonipat, Ghaziabad, and Hisar. One thing very few people know is that Arvind Kejriwal has completed his primary education in Missionaries School. Due to his studies in missionary school, he has been very fond of praying in the church since childhood. By the way, puja is performed in his house according to Hindu customs.
Arvind Kejriwal obtained a degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur and after completing the degree, he got a job in Tata Steel, but he left this job to prepare for Civil Services. He passed the Civil Services Examination in 1993 and joined the Indian Revenue Service.
Arvind Kejriwal’s marriage and children
Let us tell you that when Arvind Kejriwal was undergoing training at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Administrative Academy in Mussoorie in 1993, he met his fellow IRS officer Sunita during his training. After completion of training, Kejriwal was posted in Delhi. In the year 1995, he married Sunita. Arvind Kejriwal and Sunita have a son named Pulkit and a daughter. Daughter’s name is Harshita.
Some special hobbies of Arvind Kejriwal
Arvind Kejriwal is fond of reading books in his spare time and along with this, he is fond of playing chess. Arvind Kejriwal also knows how to sketch. He was so fond of sketching that he would draw a picture of whatever he saw. Just by looking at anything he can transform it into wonderful sketches.
Arvind Kejriwal’s NGO, ‘Parivartan’
Arvind Kejriwal had waged a big war against corruption while holding the post of Joint Commissioner and due to this he established an NGO named ‘Parivartan’ in the year 2000. Along with this, Kejriwal made his mark as a social and RTI activist. Kejriwal made an important contribution in implementing the Right to Information.
Meeting of Arvind Kejriwal and Anna Hazare
Kejriwal was honored with the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2006 for the RTI Act. After this, he left the job and came in contact with social worker Anna Hazare. After this, he started the fight for the Lokpal Bill. Started a political party in 2012 and formed the Aam Aadmi Party.
But with the formation of the Aam Aadmi Party, Kiran Bedi and Anna Hazare became very angry with him, but Kejriwal did not accept defeat here.
Kejriwal’s journey to become Chief Minister
He contested the elections in 2013 against Sheila Dikshit and defeated her by 25864 votes. He became the Chief Minister but resigned from the post after 49 days. In 2015, Kejriwal contested the elections again and became the Chief Minister of Delhi for the second time on 14 February 2015.
Kejriwal’s journey to become Chief Minister
Recently, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by ED from his official residence on March 21 after questioning for about two hours. In the Delhi liquor scam, Rouse Avenue Court had sent him to ED custody till March 28. Even after his arrest, Arvind Kejriwal has not resigned from the post of Chief Minister. Aam Aadmi Party leaders say that he will remain the Chief Minister of Delhi and will run the government from jail if necessary.
Arvind Kejriwal’s party Aam Aadmi Party won 62 out of 70 seats in Delhi for the third time in the year 2020. On 16 February 2020, Arvind Kejriwal took oath as the Chief Minister of Delhi for the third time.
Kejriwal was arrested in liquor scam
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the ED from his official residence on March 21 after about two hours of questioning. In the Delhi liquor scam, Rouse Avenue Court had sent him to ED custody till March 28. Even after his arrest, Arvind Kejriwal has not resigned from the post of Chief Minister. Aam Aadmi Party leaders say that he will remain the Chief Minister of Delhi and will run the government from jail if necessary.
After all, what was the liquor policy in which Kejriwal was arrested?
1. On March 22, 2021, Manish Sisodia announced the new liquor policy. On 17 November 2021, the new liquor policy i.e. Excise Policy 2021-22 was implemented.
2. After the new liquor policy was introduced, the government came out of the liquor business. And entire liquor shops went into private hands.
3. After the new liquor policy was introduced, the government came out of the liquor business. And entire liquor shops went into private hands.
4 The government’s reasoning behind bringing the new policy was that it would end mafia rule and increase the government’s revenue.
5. However, the new policy remained in controversies from the beginning. When the uproar increased, on July 28, 2022, the government canceled the new liquor policy and implemented the old policy again.
