Arvind Kejriwal- He was recently rose to fame while
sharing same dais with the social crusader Anna Hazare and later separated to
form Aam Aadmi Party(AAP). He went on to become the CM of Delhi from 28 Dec
2013 to 14 Feb 2014 by winning 28 seats
of 70 member Delhi Legislative Assembly and managed to garner support from
congress, Janta Dal and One Independent MLA. He completed his engineering from
IIT Kharagpur and later joined Indian Revenue Service as a Joint Commissioner
in Income Tax Department. In 2006 he was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay award for
his continued involvement for implementing Right to Information (RTI) and founding
Parivartan which assists in navigating Income Tax, electricity and
ration food related issues . He donated the award prize to a NGO. Kejriwal
himself used RTI in many cases to
expose corruption in Municipal corporation of
Delhi, Income tax Department and Delhi Electricity Board. He has
got several awards
on his name. He
is married to
his batchmate
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