Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, and Pooja Prasanna. After the shocking suspension of Bengaluru Commissioner of Police B Dayananda, we spoke to sources in the police and those close to CM Siddaramaiah. One of the main reasons for his suspension is not known in the public domain, we realised. We also found out that it was the results of a previous survey that made the CM agree to attend the RCB victory celebration at the Vidhana Soudha. In Tamil Nadu, BJP leaders told Powertrip what transpired in the meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his visit to Madurai.
