Meet AAP leaders

He is often termed Arvind Kejriwal’s Man. The 42-year-old former journalist has been closely working with Kejriwal since the days of the India Against Corruption movement. He had held several key ministries in the Delhi government formed by the AAP in 2013, including urban development, public works department, land and building, local bodies, and education. Sisodia is likely to retain most of these, as he is considered the best person, apart from Kejriwal, to co-ordinate with the Centre on crucial issues such as full statehood, allocation of land for building schools, colleges and re-structuring of bodies such as the Delhi Development Authority and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

Kumar Vishwas (born 10 February 1970) is a Hindi-language performance poet and an Indian politician and National Executive of Aam Aadmi Party. Vishwas became a professor in Rajasthan in 1994. He has taught Hindi Literature to higher class students at Lajpat Rai Post-Graduate College for the last sixteen years. Vishwas supported the anti-corruption movement led by Anna Hazare. He contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election, as an Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Amethi, but lost to Rahul Gandhi.

Sanjay Singh is a social activist[1] who has campaigned for the rights of street hawkers and Aam Aadmi Party core committee member. Sanjay Singh was born in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. He did Diploma in Mining Engineering from Orissa School of Mining Engineering in 1990. Singh was among those who were involved in creating the Aam Aadmi Party in 2012. He was a Core Commitee Member of Team Anna[4] and spoke on behalf of it during the India Against Corruption movement.

Ashutosh (born 1965) is a former Indian TV journalist, turned politician of the Aam Aadmi Party. He is the spokesperson of Aam Aadmi Party. He was previously associated with IBN7, of TV18 group, as Managing Editor. He contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Chandni Chowk against Kapil Sibal of Congress and Harsh Vardhan of the BJP. He garnered more votes than Kapil Sibal of the Congress, but lost out to Dr Harsh Vardhan of the BJP.

A founder-member of AAP, Rai is slated to get a berth in the Delhi Cabinet. He has been a part of key decisions such as candidate selection for the just-concluded Delhi elections and the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. He has also helped strengthen AAP’s base nationally.

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