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Senior Congress leader Sushil Kumar Shinde became so emotional on Congress’s foundation day, December 28, that he announced his retirement from politics on the same day. If sources are to be believed, Shinde was running very upset with the party high command for some time. Shinde had been hoping for a long time that the Gandhi family would give him an important role in the party. Even two years ago, his name was floated for the post of Congress President, as he was considered very close to Rahul Gandhi. This time also, another Dalit leader Mallikarjun Kharge won the race for the post of President, as the Gandhi family was also looking at the upcoming assembly elections in Karnataka. This time, when Rahul Gandhi’s yatra was leaving from Maharashtra, Shinde wanted to take Rahul to Chandrapur and get a gigantic statue of Babasaheb Ambedkar unveiled by his hands. Rahul was also ready for this, but at the last moment Shinde’s opponents filled Rahul’s ears and Rahul’s yatra passed by the side of the statue but Rahul did not unveil the statue at all. Now, on this 26th January, the local leaders of Chandrapur (including BJP leaders) are unveiling this statue. Anyway, Shinde was not even invited to the Chintan Shivir of Congress, felt that enough is enough and thought it right to sit at home.

In Kerala, the bitterness between Chief Minister Pinnai Vijayan and Governor Arif Mohammad Khan is increasing. Recently, on the occasion of Christmas, Governor Khan organized a grand party at Raj Bhavan, in which invitation was sent to the Chief Minister and other prominent leaders of the state. But neither the Chief Minister came to the Governor’s party, nor did any leader of the state’s main opposition Congress party attend. While a special invitation was sent to Congress leader VD Satheesan from the Raj Bhavan, he did not turn up, nor did any minister of the Vijayan government attend the governor’s feast. On the contrary, Vijayan kept his Christmas party at the Mascot Hotel, which comes under Kerala Tourism, in which the Governor was not invited. Leaders of many parties including the Congress were involved in this party, which was enough to show the mirror to the Governor, that is, neither the ruling party of the state is liking the unnecessary interference of the Governor in the administration nor the opposition Congress itself.

Newly appointed President of Bihar Congress Akhilesh Singh has invited Congress National President Kharge to Bihar to flag off the yatra starting from January 5 from Digvijay Singh’s ‘Nanihal’. But Kharge has not yet agreed on this. Kharge has sought opinion in this regard from one of his advisors, Rajya Sabha MP Syed Nasir Hussain. After much deliberation, Hussain has come to the opinion that ‘at least in his first visit, the Congress national president should not visit states like Bihar or UP, as the party’s cadre in these states is extremely weak’, so for Kharge, getting a crowd there will be a tough challenge. Hussain had also sought the opinion of the local Congress unit of Bihar and only after that he came to the conclusion that Kharge should not go to Bihar. Hussain has conveyed his opinion to the president, and now Kharge has to take the final decision.

Gautam Adani is about to take over a major national English daily and their regional editions, and one of the most prestigious English newspapers in South India. This newspaper of South India may fall prey to the mutual war between N Ram and Malini Parthasarathy. Sources reveal that for some time Malini is said to be in constant touch with Gautam Adani. As for the big English daily group, it is embroiled in a mutual war between two brothers. The infighting between the two brothers who own this newspaper group has now assumed the shape of partition. If sources are to be believed, the brothers have decided that ‘the newspaper should be sold, and the digital and channel should be divided among themselves.’ Anyway, in the opinion of both the brothers, print is only a venture to keep the government happy, it is difficult to make money from it.

After registering its strong presence in the Gujarat elections, the next target of the Aam Aadmi Party could be Madhya Pradesh or Rajasthan. Kejriwal’s strategy is to build AAP’s mass base in one state year after year till 2029. AAP’s focus is more on those states where it can replace Congress. It seems that Kejriwal has imbibed the BJP’s agenda of ‘Congress-mukt Bharat’, apparently, somewhere in his campaign, he is also getting the support of saffron beliefs.

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