Failed the test.

"The Supreme Court on Monday (22 July) gave bail to former Union Minister Ajay Mishra's son Ashish Mishra in the case related to the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence that claimed eight lives, and restricted his movement to Delhi or Lucknow." ET. However, bail was denied to Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, who has been in prison for over one year (BBC) without any evidence against him, apparently because "an accused may be granted bail if it is established that he is not a flight risk, will not influence witnesses and will not tamper with evidence." HT. So, a man who may have been responsible for extreme violence is not deemed to be capable of tampering with evidence or threatening witnesses and their families but a man who is charged with an unproven financial fraud is thought to be a risk. Since almost all the data is digitally stored they should have got everything by now. If not, they are just obeying orders. "Modi has used one or other of the government's law agencies to terrorise his political opponents. Today, Modi is venting his rage rage upon the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and most viciously upon its founder, Arvind Kejriwal. The Wire. Sisodia is also from AAP. In the recent elections to the Lok Sabha, held from 19 April to 1 June, Mr Modi's party, the BJP secured 240 seats, 32 seats short of a majority. wikipedia. Ashish Mishra may have secured bail but his father Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra Teni, of the BJP, lost his seat from Lakhimpur by 33,323 votes. HT. No bail from the people. "On the surface, his (Modi's) Bharatiya Janata Party's dependence on coalition partners hasn't led to much power-sharing." "The same Speaker of Parliament who suspended an unprecedented 100 Opposition lawmakers last December, allowing the government to change the criminal code without debate, has returned to the job." "Dim the projector lights, however, and a larger-than-life Modi starts to look ordinary," wrote Andy Mukherjee. On 3 July, Mr Modi called Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi a 'balak buddhi' (childish mind) "accusing him of associating Hindus with violence and spreading falsehoods in the Lok Sabha. India Today. In response, "The Congress flooded the social media with a barrage of posts and memes labeling PM Modi as 'bael buddhi', a term loosely translated to bull-headed. In a series of pointed messages, they mockingly defined 'bael buddhi' as someone prone to nonsensical rhetoric." TN. "It's not an original insight, but a useful one, that the BJP's spectacular growth has changed its character." "It's still cadre-based, but the disciplinary regime has loosened, while the drive for power at whatever cost and indiscriminate poaching has diluted its ideology." "The BJP is not a party with a difference," wrote Suhit K Sen. You need to be in office to serve the nation but power at any cost weakens the nation and hurts the people. This contradiction is a test for any leader. Mr Modi has failed the test. Very badly.