It also appears his political ground is slipping away in Uttar Pradesh, his home state, and that he’s aware of it. Why else would he chastise his son Akhilesh Yadav publicly for bad governance rather than have a fatherly chat at home? Governance in Uttar Pradesh is indeed in a mess. Power supply is good only in the VIP areas of Saifai, Kannauj, Badayun, Rae Bareli and Amethi. In other places, power cuts abound. Bureaucratic reshuffles are routine, with the usual allegations of corruption. The government refuses to ban cancerous gutka, despite a Supreme Court order; and it took six months to implement a high court order to remove two allegedly corrupt Noida officers. By the state government’s own admission, 33 communal clashes have taken place since Akhilesh Yadav took charge. Full-blown communal riots have taken place in Mathura, Bareilly and Faizabad and communal incidents have occurred in Ghaziabad, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnore, Pratapgarh, Sambhal, Lucknow, Sitapur, Allahabad, Kushinagar, Bahraich, and Sant Ravidas Nagar.