The Kejriwal Interview: Courting Controversy or Asserting Political Right?

The ongoing bitter power tussle between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung has taken yet another turn after Mr Kejriwal, in his first television interview since becoming chief minister of Delhi, given to NDTV, calls Mr Jung a polling agent of the BJP, and Prime Minister Modi politically insecure and seeking revenge over the party's resounding defeat to the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi. The BJP has hit back calling him insecure and incompetent and the Lieutenant Governor has asked god to forgive him. While critics have called his language intemperate and unparliamentary, his supporters say Delhi's chief minister has merely asserted his political rights. The jury is still out on the impact of his interview.