Powertrip: After Asianet’s Kumbh controversy, is Kerala BJP gunning for Rajeev Chandrasekhar?
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In this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, Pooja Prasanna and Nidheesh MK, we bring you details of how former union minister and BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar was at the receiving end of right-wing supporters and party colleagues. We also tell you who is in and who is out in the CPIM’s highest decision-making body in Kerala, and how DMK’s attempt to rope in more than one political strategy firm for the 2026 assembly elections seems to have faced a setback.
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