The freshness that Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party brought in has attracted many well-known faces from different sections of the society to join the political party. From banking top honcho Meera Sanyal to danseuse Mallika Sarabhai and former
Adarsh Shastri, the grandson of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri has also joined the fledgling AAP along with former IPS officer Uday Sahay. <b><a href="http://bit.ly/1dWH5Kf">Read here</a></b>. In picture: Lal Bahadur Shastri.
Kamal Mitra Chenoy, a professor in School of International Studies in JNU, also plans to join the AAP, who was associated with CPI for the last 40 years. "Politics has been made a game of money. We will fight for the common man," Chenoy said adding
Social activist Medha Patkar also extends her 'complete' support to the AAP. She also says that she would further announce the future course of action about the role she will play in AAP, after holding discussions with senior AAP leaders on January
Legendary athlete Milkha Singh's wife Nirmal Kaur and their US-based daughter also have joined the Aam Aadmi Party, but the 'Flying Sikh' himself wants to stay away from politics. <a href="http://bit.ly/1cYn9p6">Read here</a>
Noted writer-activist Sarah Joseph also has announced her decision to join the Aam Aadmi Party in Kerala. AAP opened their office in Kochi on January 11. It has to be noted that AAP members picked a 'common man' among the gathered people to
Famous Goan musician Remo Fernandes too recently joined AAP and said, "People have been asking me to join politics. The reason why I didn't join politics was that every party was an embarrassment. AAP has become a political party by force after
Music composer-singer Vishal Dadlani is an active member of the Aam Aadmi Party and has been known as an active promoted of AAP. In November, during the election campaign, he attended a music concert for AAP in Delhi called 'Jeet ki Goonj'. He even
Exemplifying growing political activism of top professionals and corporate figures, Captain Gopinath, who pioneered the low-cost airline business in the country like Air Deccan, Deccan Charters and Deccan 360, have too joined the Aam Aadmi Party (
Meera Sanyal, who recently shocked the banking world by stepping down as country head of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to pursue social and political causes, is another big name that AAP can boast of.
V. Balakrishnan has recently stepped down as board member of software behemoth Infosys and soon after, he joined the Aam Admi Party. When asked about why he joined politics, Balakrishnan said, "Big changes happen with a small idea.There are a lot of
Noted danseuse Mallika Sarabhai also joined the bandwagon and became an AAP member on Wednesday. She also made it clear that she will be joining the party not as a politician but as a citizen of the country.
Well-known TV journalist Ashutosh is the latest high-profile entrant who is joining the Aam Aadmi Party. Ashutosh will join other journalist-turned-politicians in AAP including top leaders Manish Sisodia, Shazia Ilmi and Rakhi Birla.
