For most of his tenure as Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal stayed in the news for his confrontations – both with leaders within his own party and with the Center. Within the Aam Aadmi Party, there were several avoidable ego clashes with Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan, Kapil Mishra, Kumar Vishwas. Intra-party squabbles are not of major concern to the voter, but the AAP’s confrontation with the Centre is what the voter of Delhi is paying a heavy price for.

There are two ways to ensure that you emerge a hero in any situation – one is by actually carrying out heroic deeds, and the other is by creating a villain, be it real or mythical. Arvind Kejriwal chose the latter. He entered into politics by making a villain out of the Congress government in Delhi. Autorickshaws bore posters featuring photographs of Sheila Dikshit, embossed with allegations about her time in power. His wild allegations against her, fuelled by sensational rumours, kept him afloat in the news cycle during 2012-13. Having won the elections, he continued with the same strategy. Just that he changed his 'villains', choosing to lock horns with Arun Jaitley over the DDCA case – an issue that is irrelevant to the citizens of Delhi.