Source : INDIA TODAY NEWS
Arvind Kejriwal was unanimously re-elected as Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) national convenor during the party’s National Council meeting held virtually on Wednesday, with 330 members participating in the meeting.
The party also elected Pankaj Gupta as its National Secretary, while ND Gupta will continue as the National Treasurer. A new 23-member National Executive was also constituted during the meeting.
AAP’s national media in-charge Anurag Dhanda congratulated Kejriwal on his re-election and said the party was prepared to face every challenge under his leadership.
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“Heartiest congratulations to Arvind Kejriwal ji on being unanimously re-elected as the National Convenor by the newly formed National Council of AAP. Under your guidance, we are ready for every struggle,” Dhanda said in a post on X.
Kejriwal’s re-election comes as he continues to lead the party after its electoral setbacks in recent years. A former Delhi Chief Minister, Kejriwal entered politics after years of activism centred on transparency, the Right to Information and anti-corruption.
Before joining electoral politics, Kejriwal founded the NGO Parivartan to address public grievances related to the Public Distribution System, public works, social welfare schemes, income tax and electricity.
He resigned from the Income Tax department in 2006 and donated his Ramon Magsaysay Award prize money to establish the Public Cause Research Foundation.
Kejriwal emerged as one of the prominent faces of the anti-corruption movement before founding the AAP on October 2, 2012, along with other former members of the India Against Corruption movement.
He contested his first Delhi Assembly election from the New Delhi constituency in 2013, defeating three-time Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit by a margin of more than 22,000 votes.
Kejriwal became Delhi’s youngest Chief Minister when he took oath on December 28, 2013. However, he resigned in February 2014 after his government failed to pass the Jan Lokpal Bill in the Delhi Assembly.
He returned as Delhi Chief Minister on February 14, 2015, after the AAP secured a decisive victory in the Delhi Assembly elections and was subsequently re-elected from the New Delhi constituency.
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SOURCE :- TIMES OF INDIA
