Arvind Kejriwal, the giant killer who swept Dikshit out of power

He was the civil society representative member of the committee constituted by the Government to draft the Jan Lokpal bill, following the campaign for introduction of such legislation. 

After feeling “betrayed” by the government when it rejected their draft, Congress and other leaders challenged them to join politics, win elections and come to Parliament if they wanted to “fight system from within”, root out corruption and get the Jan Lokpal Bill passed.

Known for taking on challenges, the indefatigable activist decided to take a plunge into politics and formed “Aam Aadmi Party” on November 26 last year, after a formal split of Team Anna.

The party name - Aam Aadmi Party - reflects the phrase Aam Aadmi or “common man”, whose interests Kejriwal proposed to represent and got its poll symbol “broom” in July this year.

The party started its poll preparation way ahead in April with an emphasis to field only candidates with a “clean image” for all the 70 Assembly constituencies.