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