Powertrip: Annamalai’s family vs Maridhas; BJP to appoint new state presidents
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Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, and Pooja Prasanna. This week, we cover the latest political clash in Tamil Nadu where BJP chief Annamalai’s family has taken on YouTuber Maridhas over two of his videos. Meanwhile, the BJP has set a January 26 deadline for appointing a new national president as well as state presidents across 29 states. Will this be a risk for Annamalai? In Karnataka, BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal is back with his tirades. We talked to insiders about why the party hasn’t reined him in.
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