His government did fulfil some promises; power cuts came down and water reached areas of scarcity. But his failure to address key issues like unemployment and the absence of government jobs – a core promise of the statehood movement – took him down.

Did KCR take for granted the gratitude and goodwill that he enjoys among the people for his role in the statehood movement? Did minority representation take a backseat?

Gurbir Singh of the Mumbai Press Club, which hosts the prestigious Red Ink Journalism Awards, says withdrawal of the award to Safina Nabi is "disgusting and deserves to be condemned in the strongest possible terms".

Like in previous elections, welfare, the economy and gratitude for the formation of the state loom large over the campaign at the moment. The BJP appears lost after its polarising narrative appears to have run into the sand. 

Kumar's most serious allegation against Vinod Rai is that he protected Rahul Johri, who served as the CEO of BCCI, when Johri was accused of sexual harassment in 2018. He writes that despite Rai's self-appointed moniker of being the "nation's conscience keeper” he was a “faux conscience keeper” and may have “only left the waters more muddied than before.”

The Rythu Bandhu scheme has not found any favour with small and marginal farmers, who make up 86% of agricultural households.

Chinese state and military affiliated hospitals have killed prisoners using organ transplant surgery because organ harvesting is extremely profitable, a new study says.