Srinagar, Feb. 11 -- Kejriwal's journey began with a promise to the common man. He was a man in a simple muffler, a former bureaucrat who had left his comfortable job to fight corruption. He spoke a language that resonated with the middle class and the poor-words filled with dreams, justice, and the hope of a better tomorrow.

He was not like other politicians. He was not here to make money, he said. He was here to serve. He attacked the high and mighty-calling out corruption in Congress, BJP, and every political heavyweight. He assured people that governance could be clean, that elections could be fought without black money, and that a new India was possible.

But as the years passed, his words lost their weight. His party, the Aam Aadmi...