Why did L Murugan exit the union council of ministers?
While L Murugan claims he resigned from his ministerial role to focus on state politics, sources tell us that the abrupt exit may have something to do with complaints regarding one of his personal secretaries.
Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter curated exclusively for subscribers of The News Minute and Newslaundry. This week’s edition is by Dhanya Rajendran and Shabbir Ahmed.
In this week’s edition, we explain the different theories being floated about the reason behind Tamil Nadu BJP leader L Murugan’s abrupt exit from the Union council of Ministers. While Murugan claims he wants to focus his efforts on state politics, sources tell us that the resignation may have something to do with complaints regarding one of his personal secretaries.
We also spoke to a leader close to YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy, who indicated to us that the regional party might be rethinking its ‘non-alignment’ policy and considering the benefits of siding with the INDIA bloc.
In Tamil Nadu, TVK seems to be in a similar bind. While the party is principally opposed to the SIR, it is wary of supporting the Congress demand for disqualifying all elections conducted in the last two years.
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