The popular socialist Arvind Kejrival was born in Hiasr which is located in the state of Haryana and on June 16, 1968. He is also good in studies and this is the reason, he received an opportunity to work with Tata Steel Company after completing his graduation from IIT Kharagpur. He worked in that organization till 1992. He resigned fro his position in that company and switched to Civil Services examination and he cracked it to join as the Joint Commissioner in Indian Revenues services. He started working in Income Tax department of New Delhi division. While, he was working in that department, in 2000, he resigned from their as well and started a NGO in Delhi itself, Parivartan. In the year of 2006, he ultimately taken resignation fro his job and started working for social causes.
The foundation of Parivartan had taken place in the Delhi itself and it was maintained by the volunteers of Kejriwal itself. It was established so that it may make the country corruption free. The basic agenda of this society was to remove corruption from the system of government. It had also solved various problems of the people who were facing problem due to corrupted system. The NGO worked a lot in the field of education and also for public distribution system. Today also, the NGO is working to improve the working inside the government offices and providing benefits of RTI to the people.
Arvind Kejrival is the personality who implemented the Central Right to Information Act and he is the only person because of which, RTI Delhi is possible today.
He was also awarded with the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2006 for Emerging Leadership and changing the trend of government working for the common people. He is a devoted person to all the social activities and participated strongly in all of them and also won various prizes for his services. He was also come into light from the second movement which was the struggle which he faced for the implementation of Lok Pal Bill. He was also accompanied by Anna Hazare who is also the popular socialist. He received much support from the people during his Hunger Strike and other movements that he carried on.
Arvind Kejriwal is the person who met various popular celebrities in his lifetime. He also met Mother Teresa and he was really impressed by her service that she delivered to others. He also served the people in Kali Ghat and followed the path of Mother Teresa while she was in West Bengal.
The main idea behind his getting socialist was he wants to see the country Corruptin-Free. In this way, he joined the hands of socialists who also think in the same manner. During his movements, people of the country were stay with him and supported him a lot. He played a strong role in the anti corruption events in which people had given him full support.
He is the youth icon and this is the reason that he got support from the youths of the country for his movements.
UNKNOWN FACTS
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With a purpose to motivate the people through RTI, an organisational setup was instituted to fulfil the needs. The key purpose of RTI is to highlight corruption in several departments from Income Tax to Municipal Corporation, Public Distribution System (PDS) and Delhi Electricity Board amongst others for transparency and crosschecking effective operation.
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Right to Information Act was directed for getting organized with regular resistances and the revolutionary step applied to develop transparency to expose or control corruption in many departments. It could be done through this powerful Right to Information Act. Affective and stressful anti-corruption law was needed to make it easy to punish or prosecute all those involved in corruption activities.
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Team members who drafted the Jan Lokpal Bill included Arvind Kejriwal, Santosh Hedge, Prasanth Bushan, Kiran Bedi and Shanti Bushan. It had several reviews and revisions once many editions were done under thorough public consultation. Finally, this draft was made a bill called Jan Lokpal Bill indicating the People’s Lokpal Bill.
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Although social activist Anna Hazare began and led movement for change, Arvind Kejriwal is considered its architect to effort and to translate an idea into reality.
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It was on April 5th 2011 that Anna Hazare began Lokpal Bill movement at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Whole nation joined hands to support the movement. Revolutionary mood forced the government to establish committee for Lokpal Bill and work to structuring draft. Stipulations were rife that if government failed to pass bill during monsoons in August, scenario could change by starting indefinite fast from August 15, 2011 for ‘India Against Corruption’ move.
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In a new turn on August 16, 2011 especially while hunger strike by Hazare was to start, most notable India Against Corruption movement members Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Kiran Bedi were arrested. The police had claimed that such arrests were legally right because Hazare had no permission to gather people for protests at the decided venue due to legal issues. Very soon the activists were released.
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Kejriwal was released from jail on August 18, 2011. He began protest in Ramlila Maidan that continued for 12 days and left an impact. Indian parliament decided to pass resolution soon after protests ended post repeated discussions between the government and the activists. Government took interest and considered 3 major points to draft the Lokpal Bill afresh.
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Soon after this bill was referred to standing committee, it was presented on the floor of the parliament before both houses to pass to smoothen it become law. India Against Corruption members complained that current form of bill lacked credibility and effectual measures that was suggested previously. Bill had passed in Lok Sabha but Rajya Sabha didn't pass it yet. It is assumed that 15 ministers of central cabinet with stained track records had created hurdles to delay bill from passing to become law. Team members of India Against Corruption asked for the inception of Special Investigation Team who could investigate 15 cabinet ministers to suggest severe punishment if found guilty. Government though rejected such demands.
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As proposed demands were literally denied and not agreed upon, indefinite strike began at Jantar Mantar on July 25, 2012 with key participants Kejriwal, Gopal Rai and Manish Sisodia. Hundreds of thousands of masses from around the country supported them. Government didn't take a decision even after strike continued for 10 days. Group of 23 eminent persons or distinguished citizens from Ex-Army Chief to Naval Chief and retired Supreme Court Chief Justices besides honest officials initiated to peruse India Against Corruption team to find a political alternative as solution. Anna Hazare and his team formed political party after they were consulted repeatedly for the political solution.
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Kejriwal finally entered into active politics after he split with Anna Hazare. The association of Kejriwal with Youth for Equality boosted support as it opposes caste based positive actions. His wife Sunita is an IRS officer. She holds a post of Additional Director in Ministry of Affairs' office for serious fraud investigations. This couple has two children. They are the residents of Ghaziabad nearby national capital, Delhi.
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An IIM Gold Medal, Arvind Kejriwal is bestowed with many awards like “The CNN-IBN, Indian of the Year Award” in 2006 besides IIT Kharagpur's “Distinguished Alumnus” Award for being an eminent leader in 2009 and “NDTV Indian of the Year Award” he received along with Anna Hazare in 2011. The list is too long.
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