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Sitting in a decorated e-rickshaw, BJP’s Basirhat candidate Rekha Patra greets her supporters, surrounded by security personnel and a sea of “Modi Ka Parivaar” flags until it’s time to get down from the vehicle and walk up to the stage. A crowd of 500 awaits her in Hasnabad’s Chak Kukidanga. Her…

Reporters usually have strict deadlines from their editors when they go to protest sites. But if the Delhi Police chargesheet in the UAPA case against NewsClick is to be believed, the outfit’s reporters were allegedly sent to participate in protests, distribute money among protesters, and incite violence against the state.

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and Anand Vardhan are joined by in-house reporter Tanishka Sodhi and The News Minute’s Anisha Sheth. 

Gujarat’s Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat is a crucial BJP stronghold.

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Delhi-based National Dastak editor Shambhu Kumar Singh is set to enter electoral politics in Bihar’s Vaishali. The BSP contestant spoke to Newslaundry before the announcement of his candidature, when the journalist had expressed his intention to fight the Lok Sabha election. 

“Nobody fulfils what we deserve as citizens. All political parties only give false promises,” said Mohammad Siraj, 60, sitting at a tea stall in Sarangpur village in Murshidabad’s Domkal. “There is no employment, no industry, nothing. Elections come and go but nobody does anything.”

Baramati is one of the most-watched seats in Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha election this year. The Pawar bastion – set to poll on May 7 – has turned into a battleground between the Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar factions. 

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