Delhi chief secy assault: Hold CM accountable, rejig governance structure

Hold the CM accountable, rejig Delhi's governance structure

The national capital territory (NCT) of Delhi has become sadly accustomed to administrative confrontations and political crises. These have emerged from the combination of a confrontational Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, with scant respect for the proprieties, and a Union government that exercises considerable control over the administrative apparatus, which has gone out of its way to make Mr Kejriwal’s job more difficult. But the latest confrontation is of a different quality from those in the past. The chief secretary of Delhi has made a serious allegation: That he was physically assaulted by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators inside the chief