The seat of power of both the central government and the Delhi government is Delhi. The former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal thus allowed himself to be deluded: I am as important as the Prime Minister and we must be placed on the same lofty pedestal. Delhi also happens to be where the TV studios of all mainstream electronic media are located, so much so that the news-hungry media thrusts its mic on the chief minister and other bigwigs of the Delhi ruling dispensation at every available opportunity. These two factors together make the Delhi ruling dispensation preen with pride and go on an ego trip in the smug belief they have a larger-than-life image vis-à-vis the leaders of other states. Indeed, it won’t be an exaggeration to say Kejriwal over the years came to have a megalomaniacal persona and strutted about confronting anyone who crossed his path from the central government. Paranoia doesn’t sit well with megalomania. Yet AAP and its supremo have been paranoid: Delhi waters are being poisoned by the Haryana government, and our potential winners are being offered Rs 15 crore each to switch over to the BJP. Be that as it may.

Delhi is a half state with police and land with the central government. While this has been the sore point with the just-ousted AAP government by the people of Delhi and has a grain of truth at first blush, on deeper reflection it would be clear why this clipping of wings of an........

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