Aam Aadmi Party

Aam Aadmi Party
Leader	Arvind Kejriwal
Founded	26 November 2012
Headquarters	Ground Floor, A-119, Kaushambi (NCR), Ghaziabad- 201010
Ideology	Swaraj Anti-corruption
Political position	Centre-left[1]
ECI Status	State party
Seats in Lok Sabha	0 / 545
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 245
Seats in Legislative Assembly	28 / 70 (Delhi Legislative Assembly)
Website
www.aamaadmiparty.org
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Aam Aadmi Party (translation: Common Man Party; abbreviated as AAP) is an Indian political party, formally launched on 26 November 2012. It came into existence following differences between the activists Arvind Kejriwal and Anna Hazare regarding whether or not to politicise the popular India Against Corruption movement that had been demanding a Jan Lokpal Bill since 2011. Hazare preferred that the movement should remain politically unaligned while Kejriwal felt the failure of the agitation route necessitated a direct political involvement.
The party's first electoral test was in the 2013 Delhi legislative assembly election, from which it emerged as the second-largest party, winning 28 of the 70 seats. With no party obtaining an overall majority, the AAP formed a minority government with conditional support from the Indian National Congress. The first point in its election manifesto had been that within 15 days, it would pass a bill for a strong ombudsman position that would investigate charges against political leaders on a priority basis.^[2] When it became clear that the other major parties would not support this bill, the government resigned after 49 days.

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