The Catch Up: Tejashwi Yadav, Mahagathbandhan’s CM face in Bihar (23 Oct)

The headlines of the day by The Indian Express

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
This is a catch up on three things by The
Innian Express and I am Flora's Fine Today's the twenty
third of October and Hiradi headlines in top story Today,
Congress Leader Ashore Galot confirmed at a press conference in
Patna that the Mahagadbandhan has announced Beejashui YadA as its

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chief ministerial candidate for Behar. VIP leader Mukeshsani will be
the alliance's deputy. Sam Face leaders projected unity and vowed
to bring change to the state. Tejashwui said their goal
is development not just spa and thanked Lalu YadA, Rabrievi,
Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi for their trust. He criticized
the NDA government, calling it a double engine rule driven

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by corruption and crime. As the heart heads to elections,
a larger trend emerges nationwide, which is dynastic politics. An
investigation by The Indian Express reveals suns and daughters of
political leaders dominating candidate lists across parties and states. The BGP,

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despite its massive presence with two thousand and seventy eight legislators,
has eighteen point six two percent dynasts. In contrast, the
Congress has a smaller footprint but a higher share, that is,
thirty three point twenty five percent of its eight hundred
and fifty seven legislators coming from political parties starting with
the Guanhis in the Parliament. Regional parties show even stronger

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dominance of dynasties, revealing deep entry barriers and patronage led politics.
You can read this exclusive Express investigation on the official
website in an Express dot com. In other news, Prime
Minister Narranger Modi will skip his trial to Malaysia and
instead attend the Easy and Summit virtually, according to Malaysian

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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who confirmed this after a phone
call with Modi. Modi later posted this update on social
media platform x. Meanwhile, the Congress smoked the decision, alleging
the Prime Minister backed out to avoid meeting US President
Donald Trump. The Giant suggested Mody is reluctant to face
Trump amid ongoing diplomatic complexities. No official reason was given

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beyond scheduling and format changes, but the political opposition used
it to question modis international confidence and diplomatic intent. Speaking
of Trump and Mody, porters claimed the Indian Prime minister
assured him that India would significantly reduce Russian oil imports
by the end of the year. Speaking alongside NATO Secretary

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General Marc Routhe, Trump said India would bring imports down
to almost nothing, acknowledging the process takes time. The sanction
seemed to pressure Moscow to end the Ukraine War. In
the same note, Trump praised Mody, calling India's response great
and said he felt it was finally the right moment
to act well, tensions between Trump and Putin rising, The

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United States has imposed sansh on Russia's two largest oil companies,
Rosneft and lok Oil to push Moscow towards an immediate
ceasefire in its war against Ukraine. President Trump announced the
move during a meeting with NATO Chief Mark Rothe at
the White House, stating, we waited a long time and
felt it was time to act. This comes a day
after Porus canceled a planned meeting with his Russian counterpart,

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Vladimir put In in Budapest, citing lack of progress. The
sanctions followed rising nuclear related military drills by Russia. Installed
these efforts, that's all for today. This was a catch
up on three Things by the Amian Express