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Political participation is any activity that shapes affects or involves the political sphere. Political participation ranges from voting to attending a rally to a committing an act of terrorism, to sending a letter to a representative. Talking precisely political participation can be conventional where activists participates only at the election time . People strongly committed to politics are more likely to participate on a regular basis. Unconventional participation can be like activities that are legal but often considers inappropriate . Young people students and those who grave concerns about a regime policies

are most likely to engage in unconventional participation. And people participating illegally are activists that break the law only when legal means have fails to create significant political changes.

Most democratic people feel that some level of political participation particularly their’s conventional participation is admirable and accptable.nut political participation can be really hard one must find time and perhaps money, in order to participate. So why would people like to participate in politics? Its their idealism responsibility for their nation self interest and also their personal enjoyment, yes you read it correct. self enjoyment .Some simply enjoys these activity to gain power for one self.

The Aam Aadmi Party was formed in November  2012 which means the party of the common man, whose  aim is to fight against corruption. The Emergence of AAP as a “Warning and Challenge” . The AAP says that the promise of equality and justice that forms a part of the constitution of India and of its preamble has not been fulfilled and that the independence of India has replaced enslavement to an oppressive foreign power with that to a political elite. The origin of the AAP can be traced to a difference of opinion between Arvind Kejriwal and Anna Hazare, social activists who had both been involved in Team Anna, a strand of the anti-corruption movement for Jan Lokpal Bill that had gained momentum in India during 2011 and 2012. Hazare wanted to keep the movement politically neutral but Kejriwal considered that direct involvement in politics was necessary because attempts to obtain progress regarding the Jan Lokpal Bill through talks with existing political parties had, in his opinion, achieved nothing. A survey conducted by the India Against Corruption organisation using social networking services had indicated that there was wide support from politician. Hazare and Kejriwal agreed on 19 September 2012 that their differences regarding a role in politics were irreconcilable. Kejriwal had support from some anti-corruption movement activists, such as Prashant Bhushan and Shanti Bhushan, but was opposed by others such as Kiran Bedi and Santosh Hegde. On 2^nd October, Kejriwal announced that he was forming a political party and that he intended the formal launch to be on 26 November, coinciding with the anniversary of India's adoption of its constitution in 1949.

  The party's name reflects the phrase Aam Aadmi, or common man", " whose interests Kejriwal proposed to represent. A party constitution was adopted on 24 November 2012, when a National Council comprising 320 people and a National Executive of 23 were also formed. Both the Council and the Executive were expected to have more members in due course, with the intention being that all districts and all classes of people would have a voice. Various committees were to be formed to draft proposals for adoption by the party in a process that was expected to take several months.

Although one aim was to limit nepotism, there were complaints at this initial meeting that the selection of people invited to attend was itself an example of such practices The party was formally launched in Delhi on 26 November and in March 2013 it was registered as a political party by the Election Commission of India.

 RIYA ROY CHOWDHURI

M.Sc Media Sc P.G 1