Ever since the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won a landslide in Delhi's assembly elections in early 2015, India's national capital has been witnessing a raucous debate on the issue of statehood. Delhi's Chief Minister (CM) and the Centre's appointee Lieutenant Governor (LG) have on various occasions confronted each other over their respective constitutional status and administrative jurisdictions, often leading to administrative deadlock and disruption of governance in the national capital. While fault may be found in the AAP's manner of taking up the statehood issuelocking up ocials, throwing tantrums at the Centre, making wild accusationsthe insurgent party's demand for greater functional spaces and autonomy on a range of issues has found many believers. With the exception of Washington DC in the US, there is probably no other capital city in the world that has as limited autonomy as the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT).