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Snapshot of the day

September 23, 2024

Siddharth Varadarajan

In her first day in office, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi Marlena has sought to play the Ramayana against the BJP – whose pursuit of what she said were trumped up corruption charges had robbed Arvind Kejriwal of his rightful place. Citing Rama’s