Powertrip: Cautious enthusiasm within Congress on ‘vote-chori’
In Tamil Nadu, with no clarity on Annamalai’s much-speculated elevation, his supporters are keeping up the pressure. Multiple social media accounts supporting him have popped up in recent weeks, with some posters suggesting that he may launch his own organisation.
Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna and Shabbir Ahmed. While the electoral roll manipulation allegations by Rahul Gandhi have created quite a stir across the country, the Congress is looking to keep the momentum going till the Bihar elections. In Tamil Nadu, while Annamalai’s supporters wait for his much-speculated elevation, the fault lines within the state BJP unit appear to be widening. CP Radhakrishnan appears to be in the race for Vice President of India, but he could face a hiccup because of language.
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