Finally, Arvind Kejriwal stews in his own juice.

This man always had a problem. If we were to follow his public life, it becomes amply clear that he 'preached something and did something else'.

As his first foray into public life, he hung on to the coat tails of the social activist Anna Hazare. After getting sufficient headway, he coolly dumped the surprised activist and began to project himself as the epitome of truth and promised the gullible public - who were desperately seeking a fresh and ethical(?) political leader - the moon!

His initial utterances about the monumental corruption in governance sounded sincere and the common man hoped that here was a guy who would be 'their man' and voted him to power in Delhi with a massive mandate, during his first elections. 

The thing that he was repeatedly found to excel in was to 'shoot and scoot' - speak about an allegation against somebody, reduce him to zilch and by the time he retrieved himself from the difficult position that he was brought to, it was too late.....the public was not interested. Arvind Kejriwal had, by then, moved on to demolish his next prey.

He used to lambast the states of Punjab and Haryana - the farmers, if you please, for burning the stubble - for exacerbating the pollution levels of Delhi's atmosphere. Wonder whether it was the public's way of teaching him a lesson, they handed the state of Punjab to him on a platter. He didn't dare lift a finger to regulate the 'stubble burning'!

His double standards were beginning to show - the broom, his party's election symbol and that stupid cap - showed he was very much the politician from the familiar mould.

The so-called 'farmers' agitation' by the Khalistani sympathisers, the 'chalo Dilli march' by them and the subsequent havoc created by them in and around the Red Fort, nurturing and silently supporting the Shaheen Bagh protestors and finally, his flawed Excise Policy exposed him completely. 

There's also a buzz that he was trying to whip up anarchy in the country with the tacit support of certain misguided political parties to form today's fifth columnists! What a shame? He doesn't have any qualm of conscience to let his country burn just to grab the Prime Ministerial chair!

Power at any cost, seems to have been his motto.

Tailpiece.

Got up at 4, the chores and kicked off from The Quarterdeck around a quarter to 7 through early morning rain.

Reached Raj Nivas by a quarter past 2.

Saw the massive concrete work going on at our northern boundary along the stream.

Settled down to a quiet evening.