Delhi disconnect

The rise of regional parties and leaders is no longer news. Last week’s results have brought in two phenomenally strong single-state leaders, Mamata Banerjee and J. Jayalalithaa. A third has risen too, Jaganmohan Reddy in Andhra Pradesh, though that has passed under the radar a bit, thanks to the overwhelming noise of the bigger upheavals elsewhere. So, what’s the news, if the rise and rise of regional leaders is an old story?

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