Morning briefing: 3 TDP MPs likely to be inducted in Modi cabinet; How Congress performed on Bharat Jodo yatras' routes

Three-time parliamentarian of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) from Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu will likely be inducted into the Union Cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which will be sworn in on Sunday, party leaders familiar with the matter said on Friday. The TDP is expected to get a Cabinet minister post, besides two posts of ministers of state in the Modi cabinet, though the party has pitched for four berths – two Cabinet and two MoS posts. “Besides, there is a possibility of the party being offered the deputy speaker post,” a party leader said on condition of anonymity. Rammohan Naidu (37) entered the politics in 2012, after the death of his father Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu, who served as the Union Cabinet minister in Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and IK Gujral cabinets between 1996 and 1998, holding the portfolio of rural development and employment. Dig deeper

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's two mega ‘Bharat Jodo’ yatras - held as a voter outreach program - proved to be a success as the grand old party and the INDIA bloc allies managed to win 41 seats along their routes. Gandhi held the first ‘Bharat Jodo’ Yatra from September 2022 to January 2023 - starting from Kanyakumari and ending in Kashmir, and passing through 71 Lok Sabha constituencies. The second ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay’ Yatra began on January 14 2024, in Manipur's Thoubal district and concluded in Mumbai on March 16, 2024. The rally covered a distance of 6,713 km, straddling 100 Lok Sabha constituencies, 337 assembly segments and covering 110 districts. Dig deeper

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That’s all we have at this hour in our Morning briefing. Catch you in the afternoon.