A house for Mr Kejriwal

A few days ago, the Public Works Department of the Delhi government compiled a list of fittings and fixtures at 6 Flagstaff Road, Civil Lines, Delhi.

It was Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s official bungalow until a couple of days earlier which he vacated upon his resignation. Why Kejriwal felt constrained to resign upon his release on bail in the Delhi liquor excise scam in itself is a comment on his skullduggery. Instead of resigning in March this year when arrested by the Enforcement Directorate, he dug in his heels, clinging to the CM’s “gaddi” against convention in all such cases. Notice the contrast. Sometime around the time, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren was arrested in a corruption case. He immediately resigned. Upon release on bail a few weeks later, he reclaimed the CM’s post.

The court had not stipulated any condition which could impair his functioning as chief minister. However, in the AAP supremo’s case, the apex court barred him from attending CM’s office or signing any file. You may ask why such stern conditions in the case of Kejriwal. Maybe because he did not heed the set precedent, continuing to pretend that running the CM’s office from prison was okay in law. The SC order forced him to nominate Atishi Marlena as CM, who betraying her foreign degrees dramatically placed an empty chair next to her, claiming she was a mere chair-warmer for Kejriwal. But the charlatan that he is, Kejriwal made it out that his resignation was a moral, and voluntary, act in keeping with the best traditions of public life!