In Karnataka, the DK Shivakumar camp is confident that there will be a leadership change in the state soon after the Bihar polls.
Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, and Pooja Prasanna.
In this edition, we tell you how and why the Election Commission of India is focusing on VVIPs and VIPs for the SIR in Tamil Nadu.
In the second story, we bring you details about how the leadership change in the Karnataka government is panning out.
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