🧵Ahead of #2024Elections , news is flooded with politicians switching to BJP. How many of them have got tickets to contest election? Are there any turncoats in INDIA? To find out, Nikita Singh & I have digged into 1000+ candidates for new series - Know Your Turncoats newslaundry.

Know Your Turncoats, Part 2: Who are the defectors contesting the #LokSabhaElections2024

Meet 3 turncoats from Bihar, Nagaland, and Meghalaya, including a doctor, a former professor, and a businessman with 16 pending cases.

Nikita Singh takes a look.

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Hanuman Beniwal, RLP's candidate from Khinvsar constituency, known for tongue-in-cheek commentary, was suspended from the saffron party for accusing top leaders, including Vasundhra Raje and LK Advani, of corruption.

Nikita Singh & Sumedha report.

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So Piyush Mishra had to write an anti-left 'Rashtravaadi' song, by plagiarizing and stealing words from a Pakistani leftist writer??!! 🤣🤣

Irony said 'Inquilab Zindabad'

857 crocodiles, 229 leopards, 76 lions, 71 tigers, African cheetahs, 1200 iguanas, 225 African spurred tortoises, Siamese crocodiles, Nile hippopotamuses, a Komodo dragon…

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Read this investigation by m rajshekhar into the costs of the Ambani “animal

This is a follow up to the EXCLUSIVE newslaundry-TheNewsMinute investigative series into political funding.

Read our previous instalments here: newslaundry.com/reports/politi…

Last month, we reported a pattern between action by central agencies and donations to BJP. We've found 11 more such donors, besides four listed as shell firms.

Who are they?

Prateek Goyal investigates in this EXCLUSIVE report.

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Is it possible that social justice and Hindutva live together? The political editor of The Indian Express is testing conscience of its readers.

Interestingly The Indian Express tagline is journalism of courage. Indeed, it takes courage to present stupidity as political philosophy.

Exclusive: In July 2022, the Centre had formed a committee on #MSP . Through #RTI we asked about the meetings held so far and the minutes of the meets. We were told that six meetings have been held so far, but the minutes are not available.

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🚨Alarming Story from J&K: Despite the J&K High Court’s release order, it is taking months for prisoners to walk out of the jails. These prisoners are detained under PSA & lodged in UP and Haryana jails. (1/4)

I am sorry to all my brothers and sisters who follow other religions. Whatever is happening, is breaking the secular fabric of India, politicisation of religion and serious threat to the integrity of India. I pray for my India.

From Anand Patwardhan’s ‘Ram ke Naam’. Absolutely worth nine minutes of your time

#TruckDriversProtest | News18 anchor #AmanChopra blamed ‘rumours and politics’ to seemingly discredit protests against the Modi government’s policies.

Nikita Singh reports.

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Despite massive opposition protests, media coverage of the controversial #DharaviRedevelopment project by #AdaniGroup remains scant.

Nikita Singh reports: newslaundry.com/2023/12/20/ada…

What did our primetime brethren say about #MahuaMoitra 's expulsion?

Nikita Singh watched last night so you don’t have to.

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#ElectionResults | How did key politicians fare in #Rajasthan , #Chhattisgarh , #MadhyaPradesh and #Telangana ?

Nikita Singh takes a look.

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The men in the tunnel, waiting for the light

Across seven states, The Indian Express tracked down families of the men trapped in Uttarkashi. A common thread — lack of opportunities where they live forced them to leave in search of a livelihood
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