Emerging as a mascot of an alternative brand of politics, the 45-year-old engineer-turned-civil servant changed the political discourse with a stunning showing of his fledgling Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) in the December Assembly polls that brought Congress' 15- year rule to an end.
But he courted controversy within weeks by sitting on a dharna in the heart of Delhi near Parliament House during the tense face off with the Centre last month over his demand for suspending three police officers for allegedly not acting against criminals.
He had also come under attack on the governance agenda. Leading from the front, Kejriwal had earlier anchored his campaign in an unconventional way to see it emerge as the second largest party in Delhi with 28 seats. AAP formed the government on December 28 with outside support from Congress.
And today the curtains came down on Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi after it failed to table the Jan Lokpal Bill in the Assembly, ending 49 days of rule. The following are the achievements of the short-lived government:
- Free supply of 667 litres of water daily for households with metered connections.
- Fifty per cent subsidy in electricity bills for households which consume up to 400 units of power a month.
- No red or blue beacons on official cars, bringing an end to 'VIP culture'
- All government schools surveyed for infrastructure deficiency and given Rs.1 lakh each for immediate repairs.
- Some 24,000 people exempted from paying 50 percent of their power bills during the period they took part in an AAP campaign against inflated electricity bills.
- Launched anti-corruption and nursery admission helplines.
- New permits given to 5,500 autos.
- Registered first information reports (FIR) against former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in irregularities in the preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth Games and Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily, former minister Murli Deora and Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani for
allegedly colluding to inflate natural gas prices and raising power bills.
- Ordered audit of Delhi's three power distribution companies.
- Free supply of 667 litres of water daily for households with metered connections.
- Fifty per cent subsidy in electricity bills for households which consume up to 400 units of power a month.
- No red or blue beacons on official cars, bringing an end to 'VIP culture'
- All government schools surveyed for infrastructure deficiency and given Rs.1 lakh each for immediate repairs.
- Some 24,000 people exempted from paying 50 percent of their power bills during the period they took part in an AAP campaign against inflated electricity bills.
- Launched anti-corruption and nursery admission helplines.
- New permits given to 5,500 autos.
- Registered first information reports (FIR) against former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in irregularities in the preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth Games and Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily, former minister Murli Deora and Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani for
allegedly colluding to inflate natural gas prices and raising power bills.
- Ordered audit of Delhi's three power distribution companies.
Finally, it was the opposition not allowing the tabling of the Jan Lokpal Bill, one of the AAP's major poll promises, in the Delhi Assembly that led to Kejriwal quitting the position.
Arvind Kejriwal , who pledged to root out corruption after steering AAP to power in Delhi, was a man in a hurry and set a scorching pace to try to fulfil his anti-graft legislative agenda but his tumultous journey as Chief Minister ended in seven weeks.
Sources: India today, TOI, Indian Express 
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