What is Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)?

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was founded on November 26, 2012, by activist Arvind Kejriwal, advocate Prashant Bhushan, academic-turned-psephologist-turned-politician Yogendra Yadav, journalist-turned-politician Shazia Ilmi and retired JNU professor Anand Kumar.

 

The party was carved out of an anti-corruption social movement called India Against Corruption (IAC), which had been fighting for the introduction of the Jan Lokpal Bill (Citizen Ombudsman Bill) in Parliament. 

When the movement did not succeed into the introduction of the bill, a group within IAC led by Arvind Kejriwal, a former Indian Revenue Service officer and winner of the Magsaysay Award (and the incumbent Chief Minister of Delhi), decided