An Appeal from Arvind Kejriwal

My dear friend,

Delhi goes to elections in November this year. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will participate in elections for the first time. Your party would put up candidates on all 70 seats.

Aam Aadmi Party introduces certain key measures, for the first time, to clean up Indian politics:

1. No criminals would be given tickets: Whereas most parties give tickets to criminals, your party has decided not to give ticket to any person with criminal background.

2. No tickets to sons and daughters: Whereas most other parties give tickets to sons and daughters of their party leaders, Aam Aadmi party’s constitution bars two people from same family from getting tickets.

3. Tickets won’t be sold for a price: Whereas in most other parties, candidates have to pay huge money to get tickets, your party has decided to invite names of good candidates directly from the public. Your party has decided to select candidates through a transparent and participatory process. Click here to know the detailed candidate selection process.

4. Complete financial transparency: Political corruption starts with elections. Candidates spend huge amounts of unaccounted money and recover many times over if they win. Your party wants to put an end to this. We have always practiced complete financial transparency. Since its inception, your party puts up list of all its donors on its website (link) every month. The source of even the smallest donations is disclosed. We demand similar transparency from other parties.

Through this letter, I urge you to participate in this struggle to make India corruption free. I am confident that together, we can achieve that.

1. Please suggest good candidates: Do you know of anyone in Delhi, who is honest, hard working, sensitive to public interest, has been involved in public service, who you think is ideally suited to become an MLA and whom you would like to recommend as your party’s candidate? If yes, kindly request that person to fill up the application form available on our website.

2. Lets prepare party’s manifesto together: What are Delhi’s problems? What are possible solutions? What are the problems of your area, if you are a resident of Delhi, and what are the solutions? Kindly send us your suggestions. We will incorporate all practical suggestions in our manifesto.

3. Donate money for Delhi elections: We have to fight Delhi elections. All of us would need to contribute financially. To make a donation, click here.

You can donate online through national or international debit or credit cards or internet banking OR send a DD or cheque in favour of "Aam Aadmi Party" at the following address:

A-119, Kaushambi, Ghaziabad – 201010, UP.

4. Volunteer for Delhi elections: Other parties hire people during elections. We neither have money to do that nor would we like to do that. For us, this is like second freedom struggle. Struggle for independence cannot be fought by hired people. People will have to be prepared to sacrifice everything if we wish to cleanse India’s politics. If you can spare time either during elections or right now upto elections (even a few hours every week would be good), kindly write back to us.

Till now the people had no choice. They had to choose between BJP and Congress. It was a choice between the devil and deep sea. "Aam Aadmi Party" has emerged as an alternate to the corrupt politics of BJP and Congress. "Aam Aadmi Party" is the new hope that this time India would certainly change.

I will wait for your reply.

Jai Hind.

Warm regards,

Arvind Kejriwal

The Reigistration number of the Party is "56/145/2012/PPS-I"

"The Donation given to AAP is exempt under Income Tax Act 1961, u/s 80GGB/80GGC"

http://delhi.aamaadmiparty.org

Address: A-119, Kaushambi, Ghaziabad – 201010, UP || Helpline: +91-9718500606

I had written yesterday of the appeal.

I would request the general people (Aam Aadmi) to participate in this election, directly or indirectly.

If you are in Delhi, please participate directly.

If you live outside Delhi, then indirectly by canvassing through your friends, donations, blogs, Facebook or whatever media is accessible to you.

The Congress, BJP and other political parties have been making a fool of us since we had no third choice.

Now that we have a choice, let us show them.

THIS IS THE THIRD WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.

The first two were fought against the British.

This won is against these corrupt political parties.

Let us not get into religion, caste, language disputes on the basis of which these corrupt political parties are dividing us.

Let us all combine and drive out our corrupt masters.

During the French Revolution they were guillotined.

Let the situation not develop for that to occur.

Let us kick them out democratically.