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by whocanfly 4371 days ago
A lot happened in India around the recently concluded elections. This resulted in the loss of the ruling party, Congress, It lost so bad it could not form an opposition in the house. The winner, BJP, won with unprecedented margin (at least in the last few decades)

One of the major reason for the downfall was growing discontent, anger among the people against corruption, crime and inflation etc.

A new political party which calls itself, Aam Admi(Common Man)Party, started by Arvind Kejriwal, emerged by raising its voice against corruption. Multi-billion dollar scams were exposed frequently.

The party projected itself as anti-corruption and targeted Congress, and several businesses. It raised fund through people and media propagated their message. It continued to expose and openly question government expenses. They targeted Reliance, the largest business conglomerate, several times.