Full episode: https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/01/02/hafta-309-kashmir-elections-rahul-gandhi-love-jihad-laws-and-highs-and-lows-of-2020
This week on #NLHafta, it's an all-Newslaundry panel of Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone, and Jayashree Arunachalam.
The conversation starts with Mehraj explaining how the recently concluded District Development Council elections in #Kashmir were aimed primarily at "depoliticising" the region's politics.
Speaking about #RahulGandhi's absence from the 136th foundation day of the Congress, Abhinandan feels that Gandhi has become “low hanging fruit” for the media to go after.
The panellists talk about their highs and lows of 2020, about the contentious laws that were brought, and about the protests and communal carnage that happened. They agree that 2020 was the year of “bigoted laws".
The conversation also spans the actor Rajinikanth "leaving politics", brain drain, and much more.
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