The BJP, which has formed a government in Delhi after 27 years, faces the weight of huge public expectations. After a vitriolic campaign, and amid promises from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a host of top BJP leaders to rid the capital of the alleged corruption and misgovernance of the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party, the saffron party swept to power in Delhi, routing the incumbent AAP government.

The surprise nomination of first-time MLA Rekha Gupta as the chief minister followed a predictable pattern that the BJP adopts when naming its CMs. Unknown faces, with no significant personal base, are catapulted into the limelight. The hope, obviously, is that they will remain indebted and loyal to the party leadership.

One of the first issues that Gupta raised as chief minister was that roads in........

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