Unlocking Delhi

Mr Kejriwal's decisions need to be more considerate

The state of Delhi is part of the National Capital Region (NCR), one of the country’s most vibrant areas economically and culturally. Comprising residential and manufacturing hubs shared with Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, it also rivals Mumbai and Bengaluru in terms of its multicultural population. But Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s unlock decisions suggest that he has a hazy notion of the nature of the state he administers. The partial resumption of economic activity in the NCR would have gone some way towards softening the blow of a long closure on those who lost livelihoods and help the three states earn