From Delhi slums to Rajya Sabha: The story of Swati Maliwal
National Commission for Women (NCW) will send an inquiry team to look into the alleged assault on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal, who has been the head of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW).
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Maliwal, a firebrand leader, created a flutter today by alleging that a member of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's personal staff misbehaved with her at the CM's residence during a meeting. Police officials said she went to the Civil Lines police station and also made calls to the PCR van but did not lodge a formal complaint, PTI reported. The NCW said it will also send a formal letter to the Delhi police to send an action taken report in the matter.
How Swati Maliwal joined politics Elected to the Rajya Sabha in January this year, Maliwal has been more of an activist than a politician. She became known as the head of DCW where she brought a lot of energy to her job and remained in the headlines. Kejriwal had once called Maliwal ''Delhi's Lady Singham'' who was not scared and had rescued several women and children without thinking about her own safety. Maliwal was the youngest to head the women's panel at an age of 31.
Maliwal was born in 1984 in Ghaziabad and reportedly brought up by a single mother. She went to Amity International School and did a degree in information technology but spurned her first job offer to work in the social sector. She joined the Kejriwal's NGO Parivartan and started working with people living in
