Powertrip: Naidu, Pawan’s divided roles in Tirupati laddu row, Congress’s Pai woe
An exclusive scoop on Indian politics.
Why is the Tirupati laddu adulteration issue making headlines now even though Chandrababu Naidu had the lab reports for two months?
Meanwhile, in Karnataka, a member of a government advisory committee has been facing opposition from some quarters. And in Tamil Nadu, the DMK regime faces embarrassment over gaffe upon gaffe by its legal team in the Madras Race Club lease termination case. Why did the new advocate general PS Raman offer to resign?
This is Powertrip, exclusively curated for The News Minute and Newslaundry subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, and Pooja Prasanna.
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