Reading Arnab Goswami’s recent primetime turn

The Congress in Tamil Nadu wants to drive a hard bargain as it weighs staying with the DMK or exploring a TVK tie-up while seat-sharing talks stall ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections.

WrittenBy:Shabbir Ahmed& Pooja Prasanna
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Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers. This week’s edition is by Shabbir Ahmed and Pooja Prasanna.

In this week’s newsletter, we ask people who know Arnab Goswami to decode his latest videos questioning the government. Has something changed? Or it hasn’t? 

We also tell you about how one section of the Congress in Tamil Nadu wants to drive a hard bargain with the DMK.

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