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Kerala Election 2026: Voters didn’t reject the idea of Left. They rejected the version of it they were seeing. Is this a defeat or a turning point for CPI(M)?

In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna discuss the political developments in Tamil Nadu and the national implications of the fallout between DMK and Congress. They ...

Tamil Nadu election 2026: M.K. Stalin lost Kolathur, his seat since 2011. 15 ministers lost their seats. So how did the DMK drop to 59 seats?

Raghav Chadha and six other MPs left AAP and joined BJP. The Chairman accepted it as a “merger.” But was it really one, or is this a loophole in the anti-defection law?

Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu once warned delimitation could hurt southern states. Now he says there’s “no threat.” What changed?

Most exit polls predict a UDF comeback in Kerala, a DMK govt in Tamil Nadu. Who will be Kerala CM then? What about Vijay? Why has India slipped further down in the press freedom index? South Central ...

Can a Prime Minister use a national address during elections to attack the opposition? That too on state-funded platforms? Pooja Prasanna explains the row over Modi’s speech on women’s reservation bil ...