Shashi Tharoor’s spat with Congress reaches breaking point
In Tamil Nadu, the ED is raising the heat against the first family of the DMK, particularly Ratheesh, a close friend of Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, in the alleged TASMAC scam.
Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, Pooja Prasanna, and Nidheesh MK. In this edition, we tell you about Shashi Tharoor’s long, uneasy dance with the Congress that’s nearing its final steps – and how Delhi’s power corridors are bracing for the break-up. In Tamil Nadu, the second wave of ED searches in the alleged TASMAC scam is trying to reach the doorsteps of the first family of the DMK, through a friend of Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin.
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