An opaque working style centred around the cult of individual leaders, a petrified media, the demise of watchdog bodies and inaction by the law enforcement agencies have provided an ideal breeding ground for power peddlers of all kinds.
In their chargesheet against Patel, the police have listed Amit Hitesh Pandya and Jay Sivji Sitapara, the two associates who were initially questioned for their alleged involvement in the fraud, among the witnesses.