Controversy's favourite child, the Aam Aadmi Party, is now a fading dream

There's a problem when a party comes to power by excoriating all others on ethics and accountability

Kamal Mitra Chenoy, social activist for 30 years, member of the Communist Party of India (CPI) for 40 years, joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in 2014.
 
He explained why he was resigning from the CPI. “This is a critical time for Indian secularism. It is naive to say that AAP has no theory. As Gramsci repeatedly stressed, all people in some way or another are intellectuals. His major distinction was between traditional intellectuals who defend and legitimise traditional ideologies and the monopolist use of power. Their rivals, essential for change and even a revolution, are organic intellectuals who