Delhi's farcical crisis

No politician emerges unsullied while commoners suffer

The whole of India is transfixed by happenings in Delhi, which threaten to reconfigure political equations and even those between politicians and bureaucrats all over the country. It is an unedifying spectacle. Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, has claimed that the state's bureaucrats are not allowing the government to function, and is leading a sit-in at the premises of Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal in protest. Civil servants hotly contest this charge, and have taken to social media to combat it — they have even held a press conference to cast doubts on Mr Kejriwal’s claims. Many Opposition leaders