Very high command

When Okram Ibobi Singh was sworn in as the Manipur chief minister, he took the oath of office alone. Just a day ago, Vijay Bahuguna was sworn in as the new Uttarakhand chief minister in a similarly brief and lonely ceremony in Dehradun. Now consider this: on the same day as Ibobi Singh was sworn in, Parkash Singh Badal took oath as the chief minister of Punjab, but the freeze-frame from the historic Chapar Chiri Banda Bahadur Memorial was a crowded one.

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