The victory of Mr Arvind Kejriwal and his party in Delhi shows that democracy is not only vibrant in India but also is politically aware and socially responsible. The people of Delhi rejected Mr Narendra Modi and his kind of politics which benefit only the rich and the powerful or a particular religious community. A peon in my school told me on the day of the election, “Don’t vote for Modi’s party.” I asked why. “It’s the party of people like the Ambanis and the Tatas,” he said. “Mukesh Ambani bought 4 TV channels after NaMo became the PM.” He named the channels to me. He knew that Mr Mukesh Ambani virtually owned 27 TV channels in India. The Delhi Assembly election shows that Indians are able to see through the colourful masks worn by their leaders. Mr Modi’s personalised Republic Day suit which reportedly cost Rs10 lakh and other similarly blatant displays of puerile narcissism must have grated on the nerves of a nation which has thousands of people who die of cold
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