What happened
A cabinet minister in Jammu and Kashmir has publicly lamented that the local bureaucracy has achieved a level of 'Arrogance 2.0,' operating as a second power center that is immune to elections. Files for compassionate appointments are reportedly being held hostage by red tape so thick it can be seen from space. In response, the 'Permanent Bureaucracy' has hinted that it doesn't just run the system—it is the system, and ministers are merely temporary 'guests' in the grand theatre of administrative delays.