Will India step in to play a peacemaker role in global hotspots as many countries keep demanding?
Modi on Saturday vowed to end corruption, exhorted India to "start up, stand up", didn't announce the eagerly-awaited One Rank One Pension scheme and gave a complete miss to foreign policy.
Arvind Kejriwal was on Saturday embroiled in yet another controversy when students who took part in the Independence Day ceremony, formed his name with placards instead of patriotic messages.
This comes as there is a widespread anticipation of a announcement on OROP by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech on Saturday.
President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday warned that institutions of democracy were under stress and urged people and political parties to take correctives from within.
"Only the prime minister can reply as the minister ... involved in this ... If she replies, then it is not an solution," Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said in the Lok Sabha during a debate.