Kejriwal launched AAm Aadmi Party, vowed to send corrupt ministers in jail

New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal on Monday launched his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and vowed to send “corrupt” ministers to jail within six months of his party being voted to power. Addressing an impressive gathering at Parliament Street here, Kejriwal also asserted that Jan Lokpal will be passed in Parliament within 15 days of the AAP coming to power.

Flanked by Shanti Bhushan and former Navy Chief Admiral Ramdass who drafted the party’s Constitution, he took pains to explain to people assembled there how different his outfit was from the existing politicial parties whom he accused of having “looted the country since Independence.”

Kejriwal also announced that former Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court Justice Bhagwati Prasad Sharma and Admiral Ramdass will be members of the party’s first “internal Lokpal” which would inquire into any allegations against members and functionaries of the AAP.

The activist-turned-politician said November 26 will be remembered for launching a revolution to change the current political system.

At the function, Kejriwal and others also paid rich tributes to those NSG commandos who fought valiantly against terrorists in Mumbai on the same day four years ago.

A former NSG commando Surinder Singh, who came out in open alleging that he was not given pension, was honoured by Admiral (Retd) L Ramdas.

Asserting that his party would be transparent in its functioniong and will put out details of all expenses and donations on its website, Kejriwal dared the Congress and BJP to make public the amount of money they have and they would be spending on advertisements for the Gujarat polls.

“Do they have the guts to make them public?” he asked.     Kejriwal said jawans and farmers should be given priority and said the family of a jawan should be given at least Rs 1 or 2 crore if he dies fighting for the nation.

“If a person scores century in cricket, he is given Rs 1 crore or 2 crore. I am not saying they should not be given, but Army jawans should also be given money,” he said.