CM Vijay, the BJP and the disbanded Kurian Joseph committee
The TVK government has disbanded a high-level committee set up by the previous DMK government. Sources point to a complete breakdown in communication, political differences over the DMK’s original agenda, and a desire to avoid upsetting the BJP.
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 today’s edition, we dig into the TVK government’s decision to disband the Justice Kurian Joseph committee, examining what may have prompted the move and what the committee’s unfinished work on Centre-State relations could mean for the future. We spoke to two sources who worked closely with the committee and two government sources.
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