Hard Pressed?

Maybe AAP's decision to keep a lower profile with the press has partly to do with its inexperience in handling the fourth estate's assiduous attentions. After being mobbed by journalists during the metro ride to the Ramlila grounds for the oath-taking ceremony and during the first day at the office, the party leadership had banned media entry to the Secretariat. When the restrictions were lifted after protests, TV reporters met Education Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj, with each one looking for separate bytes for their channels. Bhardwaj eventually got so tired of repeating himself that when someone asked him about Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's health, he responded irritably, "I just hope I don't fall ill by tomorrow."