FALLOUT OF SC ORDER: DELHI CM’S OFFICE FURTHER MARGINALISED

THE Supreme Court order granting interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on the Akshay Tritya (as festival of prosperity) day in a corruption case would have an unusual fallout.

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The experts have talked on the macro issues like with it would increase the stranglehold of criminals in politics or conversely stop a government from turning dictatorial in imprisoning its opponents in times of the elections.

A very telling comment on the order was made by a well-known cartoonist of a leading daily saying that how could one get bail in a corruption case without going to the laundry. The euphemism of laundry, or the washing machine, has been used increasingly in the recent times for the BJP, the ruling party at the centre, for admitting opposition leaders with corruption and other criminal charges and clearing them of these charges.

At the micro level, that is governance of Delhi, the order would have some short term SID MI Author a Centre Developr immediate impact but a much greater impact in the long term. The Supreme Court while granting interim bail has barred Kejriwal from visiting his office or the Delhi Secretariat and signing official files unless absolutely necessary for obtaining the L-G's approval.