This special report focuses on a significant political setback for Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, as his party, the National Conference (NC), lost the Badgam assembly by-election to the rival Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The bypoll was necessitated after Abdullah, who won both the Badgam and Ganderbal seats in the 2024 elections, chose to vacate the Badgam constituency. The loss is attributed to factors including party infighting, highlighted by the absence of NC Member of Parliament Agha Ruhullah from the campaign. While the NC faced a defeat in Badgam, the report notes a victory for the Congress party in the Jubilee Hills bypoll in Telangana. As journalist Mir Fareed states, 'it is a major jolt to Umar Abdullah because normally, in a by-election, you'll expect a party in power to win'.
West Bengal Governor RN Ravi has dissolved the state legislative assembly with effect from May 7 after completion of its term. With this, Mamata Banerjee, who refused to resign after TMC's debacle in the assembly poll, is no longer the chief minister.
Days after Congress severed its long-standing alliance with DMK to extend conditional support to the TVK, the DMK passed a resolution condemning the grand old party for betrayal and said the 'INDIA bloc is gone'.
The big focus of this episode 5 Live is on the political standoff in Tamil Nadu, where Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has paused the swearing-in of TVK chief Vijay asking to return only after securing signatures of 118 MLAs to prove majority support.
This episode of So Sorry is a funny take on Vijay's blockbuster entry into Tamil Nadu politics in the just concluded assembly election and who is all set to become the chief minister.
