Delhi Is Gasping. The lg Is Watching Cricket. And That Tells You Everything.
🔥 This isn’t governance. This is a grotesque privilege on public money.
As delhi suffocates under an AQI crossing 500—a level that turns lungs into liability—the city’s constitutional head is nowhere to be found. Vinai Kumar Saxena, the same man once omnipresent in Delhi’s political theatre, has conveniently vanished from the capital—choosing Ahmedabad’s cricket stands over Delhi’s emergency rooms.
Let that sink in.
Children are wheezing.
The elderly are hospitalized.
Outdoor work is a health hazard.
And the LG? Out of town.
The Selective Visibility of Power
When Arvind Kejriwal was in office, Vinai Saxena was everywhere:
Blocking files
Issuing statements
Claiming credit
Shifting blame
So pervasive was his interference that the Supreme Court of India famously described him as the “supreme boss” of the delhi NCT.
Back then, visibility was power.
Today, visibility would mean accountability—and suddenly, silence and absence seem preferable.
AQI 500+: This Is Not a Seasonal Inconvenience
Let’s be clear:
An AQI near 500 is not “bad air”.
It is a public health emergency.
WHO limits are obliterated
Schools shut
Construction halted
Hospitals brace for respiratory surges
This is precisely when a Lieutenant governor is expected to coordinate, command, and communicate.
Instead, delhi got a message louder than any press release:
👉 The crisis can wait. The match cannot.
Cricket Over Crisis
While the capital choked, Vinai Saxena was reportedly in Ahmedabad, enjoying cricket—complete with photo ops and optics.
No emergency address.
No visible review meetings.
No on-ground reassurance.
Just travel—paid for by indian taxpayers, who already fund:
A lavish official residence
Security convoys
Frequent flights
Administrative infrastructure running into crores every month
This isn’t personal leisure.
This is public money underwriting private comfort.
The BJP’s Accountability Black Hole
Vinai Saxena is not a random bureaucrat.
He is a constitutional authority appointed under a BJP-led Centre.
Yet when Delhi’s worst environmental crisis demands leadership, the response is:
No urgency
No presence
No explanation
Credit-taking was loud when convenient.
Responsibility is mute when it’s inconvenient.
Privilege vs Leadership
Leadership means staying back when things burn—or choke.
Privilege means leaving when things get uncomfortable.
This episode exposes a brutal truth:
Power without consequence
Office without obligation
Authority without empathy
delhi didn’t need a spectator.
It needed a crisis manager.
Final Blow
When delhi gasps for breath, and its lg chooses a cricket stadium over the capital, the message is chillingly clear:
This is not governance.
This is entitlement.
And taxpayers are paying for the oxygen shortage twice—once with their lungs, and once with their money. 💨🔥
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