Hafta 477: Electoral bonds, seat-sharing for Lok Sabha, Ramnath Goenka awards
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3d ago
This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardan are joined by Dhanya Rajendran, co-founder of The News Minute. On electoral bonds, and the Trinamool Congress being its second-largest recipient, Anand says, “One factor [which determines this] is which party is seen as remaining in power for more time. Power magnets in a region.” The conversation moves on to the seat-sharing arrangements for the Lok Sabha polls. Talking about Tamil Nadu, Dhanya says the BJP has “almost sidelined the AIADMK” and has become “confident of forming an alliance in Tamil Nadu without the par ..read more
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Hafta 476: Electoral bonds, BJP candidates, CAA implementation
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1w ago
This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Shardool Katyayan and JayashreeArunachalam are joined by Jagdeep Chhokar, founder and member of the Association for Democratic Reforms. On electoral bonds, Jagdeep says the exercise of matching the bonds data can never be conclusive, but “we should remember that the window between a bond being purchased and it being redeemed is 15 days”. The panel then discusses the BJP’s second list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. Abhinandan asks if the party is trying to change its image by dropping names of sitting MPs with a history of hate speech. Jayas ..read more
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Hafta 474: Cross-voting in Rajya Sabha polls, on India being a ‘dictatorship’
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3w ago
This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by The News Minute’s executive editor Sudipto Mondal. On the cross-voting during Rajya Sabha polls in Karnataka, Sudipto points to the similarity in ideological stance of the state’s three major political parties. “There is no difference between the average BJP guy, the average JDS guy and the average Congress guy,” he says. Raman adds that in Himachal Pradesh’s RS polls, some members of the Congress knew beforehand that MLAs of their party would vote for the BJP. DiscussingDilip Mandal’s article ..read more
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Hafta 473: MSP guarantee for farmers, what happened in Sandeshkhali
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1M ago
This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Shardool Katyayan are joined by journalist Monideepa Banerjie and agricultural policy expert Devinder Sharma. On the situation in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, Monideepa gives a timeline of what happened. She explains that after being accused of exploiting local women, TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh has been absconding for the last 50 days and hasn’t returned to the village. Shardool says, “It is the BJP that has shown why it is important to have a strong opposition.” The panel then discusses the farmers’ demand for a mi ..read more
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Hafta 472: Electoral bonds verdict, farmers’ protest, Haldwani violence
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1M ago
This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by Association of Democratic Reforms chief Anil Verma, The Hindu’s deputy editor AM Jigeesh and Newslaundry reporter Sumedha Mittal.  Anil, one of the litigants who moved the Supreme Court against the electoral bonds scheme, delves into the significance of the top court’s verdict declaring it “unconstitutional”, and the political parties’ take on it. He says the bonds were a “win-win situation” for all political parties, but the Supreme Court has “upheld the right to information ..read more
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Chota Hafta 470
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1M ago
This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Prateek Goyal are joined by cultural studies professor Ravikant Kisana aka Buffalo Intellectual. Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.  Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more
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Chota Hafta 469
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2M ago
This week, Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Shardool Katyayan and Anand Vardhan are joined by senior journalist Saeed Naqvi. We have a new Sena project on Ram Mandir’s impact on Ayodhya’s residents. Contribute today. Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media.  Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more
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Chota Hafta 467
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2M ago
This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan are joined by Sanjay Hegde, a senior advocate at the Supreme Court.  We have a new Sena project on Ram Mandir’s impact on Ayodhya’s residents. Contribute today. Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media. Celebrate Christmas with us with exciting hampers. Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more
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Chota Hafta 466
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2M ago
This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by Business Standard consulting editor Radhika Ramaseshan. Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media. Celebrate Christmas with us with exciting hampers. Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more
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Chota Hafta 465
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3M ago
This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan and Raman Kirpal are joined by Dhanya Rajendran, editor-in-chief of The News Minute. Check out the Newslaundry store and flaunt your love for independent media. Celebrate Christmas with us with exciting hampers. Download the Newslaundry app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more
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