Fire personnel trying to control the fire at Bhagirath Palace in New Delhi on the second day on Friday-PTI

Fire personnel trying to control the fire at Bhagirath Palace in New Delhi on the second day on Friday-PTI

Fire personnel trying to control the fire at Bhagirath Palace in New Delhi on the second day on Friday-PTI

The visit of Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang from May 19-22 had to compete for space with the unfurling Indian Premier League scandal — an admixture of the sublime and the ridiculous.

It is now customary to affix “gate” to all scandals.