This is the transcript of 'Cut The Clutter' Episode 1812, published on 18 March 2026, on the impending elections in four states and one Union Territory.
Ranjana Natchiyaar, an actor, joined Vijay's TVK in January, after exiting BJP last February over differences on alleged Hindi imposition. Tamil Nadu heads to polls next month.
The Janata Dal (Secular) president was replying to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s earlier remarks that Deve Gowda ‘loved’ Congress but ‘married’ BJP.
Petitioner also highlights that there is a 'reasonable apprehension' that political considerations have influenced ED’s failure to act against these nine leaders.
Gokul Setia & Manju Chaudhary staged protest outside party office in Chandigarh, saying their names are being wrongly circulated as those who cross-voted. Hooda met both legislators.
In an interview with ThePrint, Katiyar, the poster boy of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, says 'demand of supporters' has pushed him to be active on ground again.
The currency dropped as much as 0.7% to 93.28 per dollar, after a public holiday Thursday. The central bank has been intervening to support the currency, with traders citing its presence Friday.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
There is no use BJP crying over the split milk at this late stage.
BJP seems to have paid a huge political price owing to RSS virtually distancing itself from its poll campaign during just concluded Lok Sabha polls.