Table of Biography
Arvind Kejriwal is a prominent Indian politician and former bureaucrat. Arvind Kejriwal is the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi. Likewise, he is also the national convener of the Aam Aadmi Party and this party won the 2015 Delhi Assembly election.
Early Childhood
Arvind Kejriwal was born on August 16, 1968, and his current age is 55 years old. Being born in mid-August, his zodiac sign is Leo. Likewise, Arvind was born in Siwani, Haryana, India, and holds Indian citizenship. At present, he is currently living in New Delhi, Delhi. Similarly, talking about his ethnic group and religion, he belongs to the Indian ethnic group and follows Hinduism. Likewise, regarding his early childhood and family background, Arvind Kejriwal was born into an Agrawal family.
Similarly, he was the eldest among three children of his parent. Arvind is the son of Gobind Ram Kejriwal and Gita Devi. Likewise, he has two younger siblings, one brother, and one sister. His brother Manoj Kejriwal is a Software Engineer working at IBM, Pune. Similarly, his sister Ranjana Kejriwal is a doctor working at Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Haridwar. His father Gobind Ram Kejriwal was an electrical engineer who was a graduate of the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra. Likewise, he spent most of his childhood in north Indian towns including Sonipat, Ghaziabad, and Hisar.
Education
Furthermore, talking about his educational background, Arvind went to Campus School in Hisar and Holy Child School in Sonipat. Following this, in the year 1985, Arvind took the prestigious IIT-JEE exam scoring an All India Rank of 563. Likewise, he graduated with a degree majoring in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Followed by this, he joined Tata Steel of Jamshedpur in the year 1989.
However, to prepare for the Civil Services Examination, he gave his resignation in the year 1992. Likewise, while he was in Calcutta (present-day Kolkata), Arvind met Mother Teresa. There he volunteered with the ‘Missionaries of Charity’ and the ‘Ramakrishna Mission’ in North-East India and Nehru Yuva Kendra.
Arvind Kejriwal – Net Worth 2024
Talking about his net worth and earnings, Arvind is a politician. Likewise, he is the 7th youngest CM of Delhi. Similarly, Kejriwal has an estimated net worth of around $472,000. Currently, he has not signed brand endorsement deals with any brands. However, it is sure that he will surely be endorsing some of the top brands from around the world soon in the future.
Early Career
Following clearing the Civil Services Examination, he joined Indian Revenue Services as an assistant commissioner of Income Tax in the year 1995. Likewise, in November 2000, Arvind took two years of paid leave to pursue his higher education on the condition that upon resuming his work, he would not resign from the work for at least two years. However, if there was a failure to abide by the condition, he would have to repay the salary given at the time of the leave period.
Caption: Arvind in one of his speeches. Source: Instagram
After rejoining in November 2002, Arvind was not given any postings for almost a year and got his salary without any work. At last, he applied for leave without any pay. Moreover, after 18 months, he took leave without pay and became sanctioned on unpaid leave. Due to all this chaos, in February 2006, he made a resignation from his position as Joint Commissioner of Income Tax in New Delhi.
Likewise, after joining politics, Arvind chose public service over earning crores as an Income Tax Commissioner. Moreover, this led to a controversy making the IRS association point out that he has never been promoted to the rank of Commissioner of Income Tax.
Political Career
In the year 2010, Arvind Kejriwal led a protest against corruption in the Commonwealth Games. Likewise, his argument was the Central Vigilance Commission did not have any powers to take any action against the guilty. This made the CBI incapable of launching an unbiased investigation against the ministers who were controlling it. Following this, he advocated an appointment of a public ombud as Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in the states.
Following this, Arvind joined several other activities including Anna Hazare and Kiran Bedi to form the India Against Corruption (IAC) group. This group demanded enactment of the Jan Lokpal Bill resulting in a strong ombudsman. Following all the events of the party, in the year 2015, during the second term of the AAP government in Delhi, the Jan Lokpal Bill was passed by the assembly awaiting the president’s approval. However, one of the major criticisms faced by Jan Lokpal activists was that they had no right to dictate terms while electing representatives. Following this, as a result, Kejriwal and the activists decided to enter politics and contest the election.
Caption: Arvind Kejriwal in one of his speeches. Source: Instagram
In November 2012, Arvind formally launched the Aam Aadmi Party. He became elected as the National Convener of the Aam Aadmi Party. The name of the party reflects the phrase ‘common man’ in Hindi and is the interest Arvind proposes to represent. However, the establishment of this became the rift between Kejriwal and Hazare. This party then decided to contest in the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election with Arvind contesting against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. In the run-up to an election, he became the fifth-most popular Indian politician on the social media channel.
More on Political Career
Likewise, in the election of the year 2013, Delhi Legislative Assembly, AAP won 28 seats following BJP with 31 seats. He defeated Sheila Dikshit of INC by a margin of 25,864 votes. He was sworn in as the second-youngest chief minister of Delhi on 28 December 2013. Arvind was basically in charge of Delhi’s home, power, planning, finance, services, and vigilance ministries. However, after failing to table the Jan Lokpal Bill in the Delhi Assembly, he gave his resignation as Chief Minister on 14 February 2014. Moreover, he blamed the INC and BJP for stalling the anti-corruption legislation linked with the decision of the government to register an FIR against industrialist Mukesh Ambani.
In 2015, Arvind led Aam Aadmi Party to win 67 of the 70 constituencies in the Delhi Assembly elections. He took oath on 14 February 2015 as the chief minister. Moreover, the first work done by the party was Mohalla Clinics the primary health center in Delhi. Likewise, by 2018, more than 187 such clinics were set up across the state. He focused on the health facility and transportation facility.
Moreover, he has also been a writer. Arvind has written a book ‘Swaraj’ in which he has penned his views on corruption and the state of the Indian democracy in it.
Relationship Status
Regarding his relationship status, Arvind Kejriwal is straight and in a marital relationship. He tied the knot with 1993-batch IRS officer Sunita on the year 1994. Likewise, she took voluntary retirement in the year 2016 as Commissioner of Income Tax on the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal. The couple has two children; a daughter named Harshita and a son named Pulkit.
Controversy
Being involved in politics, Arvind Kejriwal has also been in controversies. The major controversy on him was for his controversial comments on Biharis.
Body Measurements
The politician has a height of 5 feet 5 inches (65 inches) and a weight of 64kg (141 lbs). However, he has not revealed other body measurements like vital stats (chest-waist-hips) and shoe size. Looking at his physical appearance, Arvind has a black pair of eyes and black hair.
Arvind Kejriwal – Social Media
Reflecting upon his social media presence, Arvind is active on Instagram and Twitter. Likewise, his Instagram account is @arvindkejriwal and has 1 million followers. Kejriwal joined the Twitter account in 2011 with the username @ArvindKejriwal and has 22.6 million followers. People can contact him directly through his contact number.