The Wire Wrap | Gyanesh Kumar Under Fire, Student Suicide at IIT, Challenge to Vande Mataram Law

Name: The Wire Wrap | Gyanesh Kumar Under Fire, Student Suicide at IIT, Challenge to Vande Mataram Law - The Wire
Uploaded: 2026-09-28T17:21:45+05:30
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Description: The Wire's managing editor Jahnavi Sen is joined by senior journalists Saba Naqvi and Amit Baruah, and The Wire's senior assistant editor Sukanya Shantha.

The Wire's managing editor Jahnavi Sen is joined by senior journalists Saba Naqvi and Amit Baruah, and The Wire's senior assistant editor Sukanya Shantha.

Jahnavi Sen

The Wire's managing editor Jahnavi Sen is joined by senior journalists Saba Naqvi and Amit Baruah, and The Wire's senior assistant editor Sukanya Shantha.

Reports on two election commissioners repeatedly dissenting against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s decisions and being ignored have created shockwaves. The suicide of a student from the Dalit community at IIT Bombay have brought institutional caste discrimination back in focus. The Supreme Court is hearing a petition challenging the constitutional validity of extending penal protections to Vande Mataram.

In this episode of The Wire Wrap, The Wire's managing editor Jahnavi Sen is joined by senior journalists Saba Naqvi and Amit Baruah, and The Wire's senior assistant editor Sukanya Shantha, to discuss all this.

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