Why Rahul Gandhi is going to protest in Bengaluru
As the tug-of-war between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar continues, what if the real wildcard is someone entirely different?
Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna and Shabbir Ahmed. Rahul Gandhi will hit the streets and lead a protest at the Election Commission office in Bengaluru on August 8. The reason? Electoral roll manipulation. We bring you the inside story. In Kerala, the Congress sees a chance in the next elections if the CPI(M) insists on going with Pinarayi Vijayan. In the tug-of-war between Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar over the Chief Minister’s chair, there could be a wildcard entrant — someone from the very top.
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