This week on #NLHafta, it’s an all-Newslaundry panel of Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan.
The discussion kicks off with how #Covid hasn’t affected voter turnout in the #BiharAssemblyelection. Anand doesn’t think the turnout of 54.26 percent is “significantly higher” than the past but it’s good enough, given the apprehension that the pandemic would discourage voting. “Far from discouraging voters, it encouraged more to come out,” he says.
Talking about Tejashwi Yadav’s electoral campaign, Anand says, “He recognises that the argument of Nitish’s government being corrupt...will not cut any ice after some time. So, he’s trying to infuse political freshness by showing himself as the face of development.”
The panel also discusses the college student’s murder in Faridabad, 2+2 India-US meet, Pope Francis on same-sex civil unions, and a lot more. Listen up!
Timecodes:
00:00 - Introduction and headlines
10:09 - The shooting at Munger and Bihar's election dynamics
33:02 - Subscriber letters
41:54 - The pope's statement on same-sex civil unions
45:55 - College student’s murder in Faridabad, media coverage
58:47 - Subscriber letters
01:01:49 - The 2+2 meet, Indian-Americans’ influence on the US election
01:06:57 - Controversial ABVP leader appointed to AIIMS Madurai board
01:13:11 - Subscriber letters
01:29:17 - France's culture of mockery and its relationship with the Islamic world
01:46:25 - Subscriber letters
01:48:16 - Recommendations
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