New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- Dressed in a white kurta with a flaming orange and green Rajasthani Safa (turban), newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepped up to the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day in 2014 and described himself as an "outsider to Delhi".

He said he had no idea about the administration and working of the place, but was blessed with insight. "I have been quite isolated from the elite class of this place but during the last two months while being an outsider, I had an insider view and I was astonished...It seemed as if dozens of separate governments are running at the same time in one main government. It appears that everyone has their own fiefdom. I could observe disunity and conflict among them," he said.

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