5 Quick Facts About Arvind Kejriwal That You Should Know

1) Arvind Kejriwal was born on 16th August 1968, he is an Indian Politician. Kejriwal was the 7th chief minister of Delhi from 28 December 2013 to 14 February 2014. He is the National Convener of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

2) Kejriwal is a Mechanical Engineering Graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and worked for the Indian Revenue Service(IRS) as a Joint Commissioner in the Income Tax Department.

3) The Aam Aadmi Party was launched in 2012. In the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, Arvind Kejriwal defeated Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.

4) He became the fifth most-mentioned Indian Politician on social media channels during the Delhi Legislative Assembly election of 2013.

5) On 14 February 2014, he resigned the post stating that he did so because of the government’s inability to pass his proposed anti corruption legislation due to lack of support from other political parties.