💣 WHEN THE capital BLEW UP, THE cabinet WAS CAMPAIGNING
It took a bomb blast near red Fort — not intelligence alerts, not rising threats, not repeated lapses — to finally drag India’s top ministers back to their desks.
For weeks, delhi has been choking under hazardous AQI levels, security alerts, and a complete governance vacuum, while its leaders — from the Union home minister to the delhi Chief Minister — were busy shouting slogans in bihar and collecting votes rather than taking accountability.
And when the explosion finally hit, the truth hit harder:
Delhi wasn’t just unprepared. It was abandoned.
🧨 IT TOOK A BLAST FOR THEM TO NOTICE
It took an explosion in the heart of the capital for the home minister of india to “swing into action.”
For days, he was busy addressing rallies — promising “development,” “law and order,” and “national security.”
But when security collapsed at India’s most iconic monument, those words turned to dust.
The same minister who found the time to attack opposition leaders in Bihar suddenly found his schedule wide open for a crime scene visit — after the damage was done.
delhi didn’t need sympathy. It needed supervision.
And it got neither.
🚨 THE cm WHO DISCOVERED HER capital TOO LATE
As the red Fort smouldered, Delhi’s chief minister Rekha Gupta made a hospital visit — not out of leadership, but out of necessity.
Until the blast, she too was away from the capital, touring constituencies, chasing microphones, and delivering fiery speeches about “Delhi’s progress.”
It took shattered glass and bleeding victims at LNJP Hospital for her to remember her Pincode.
If this is governance, it’s governance by Google Maps — arriving at the scene only after the blast has already made headlines.
🌫️ A CITY CHOKING, A government CAMPAIGNING
The truth is brutal:
Delhi wasn’t just gasping from pollution; it was gasping from political abandonment.
For weeks, as the AQI crossed 500, citizens coughed, schools shut down, and hospitals filled up.
And yet, the capital’s leadership was nowhere to be found — busy selling slogans about “safai” and “vikas” 800 kilometers away.
delhi was left leaderless — choking, insecure, and rudderless.
And when the blast happened, it wasn’t just a terror failure — it was the climax of criminal neglect.
🏛️ elections FIRST, NATION LAST
It’s an old disease in indian politics:
When elections call, everything else becomes optional.
Governance is paused. Law enforcement becomes a prop.
And even when the capital explodes, the reflex is PR, not policy.
The home minister, who swears by “strong government,” was too busy stoking electoral fear psychosis in Bihar.
The delhi cm, who promised a “secure, modern city,” was absent when her city turned into a crime scene.
When power becomes an addiction, responsibility becomes withdrawal.
🔥 THE SLOGAN COLLAPSE
For weeks, the campaign trail was loud:
“JungleRaj!”
“Security!”
“Development!”
“Modi hai toh mumkin hai!”
But the red Fort blast silenced it all.
Because when the capital of india becomes ground zero, every slogan sounds like a lie.
This isn’t JungleRaj. This is a photo-op, Raj.
Where every tragedy is just another backdrop for a hospital visit,
and every death is another “moment of resilience” for twitter headlines.
⚖️ ACCOUNTABILITY: A WORD LONG BANNED FROM POLITICS
When was the last time an indian minister resigned after a security lapse?
When was the last time a cm said, “The buck stops with me”?
We’ve normalised disaster. We’ve normalised denial.
And under the guise of “nationalism,” we’ve normalised impunity.
Because in today’s india, being a “nationalist” means never being accountable.
Especially if your flag is saffron and your failure is spectacular.
They lecture the world on patriotism,
but can’t even protect their own capital from bombs or smog.
🩸 THE people WERE LEFT ALONE — AGAIN
When Delhi’s air turned toxic, the people wore masks.
When Delhi’s streets exploded, they ducked for cover.
When Delhi’s leaders left, the people stayed — because they had no choice.
And that’s the tragedy:
The citizens of india always show up.
The government rarely does.
⚡ FINAL WORD: THE capital DESERVES BETTER
delhi has seen empires rise and crumble.
But never has it seen such a total collapse of political morality.
The home minister shouldn’t need a bomb to do his job.
The chief minister shouldn’t need a tragedy to return home.
And “nationalists” who scream security into microphones should at least remember to practise it in reality.
This is not leadership.
This is arrogance in saffron robes.
delhi bled. delhi choked. delhi cried.
And its leaders?
They were busy campaigning.
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