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Delhi Confidential: Show of support

Sources said Gandhi is considering watching the film 'Phule', at a special screening in Patna, along with a select group of Dalit and OBC activists, influencers and intellectuals

Gandhi is also likely to watch Phule, a biopic on social reformers Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule

AFTER CAREFUL consideration, Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi is planning to visit poll-bound Bihar on Thursday, where he is likely to meet students from disadvantaged backgrounds living in hostels. He is also likely to watch Phule, a biopic on social reformers Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule. Sources said Gandhi is considering watching the film at a special screening in Patna, along with a select group of Dalit and OBC activists, influencers and intellectuals. Arrangements for the special screening, including booking a theatre in the state capital, are being made by the party’s state unit.

Back To Polls

In a development that has reignited talks around organisational elections in BJP, which were impacted due to the Pahalgam attack and India’s military retaliation against Pakistan, senior leaders of the party’s Delhi unit called on BJP national president J P Nadda at the BJP headquarters on Monday. Party insiders said Nadda took stock of the process, which is currently at the stage of the election of district unit presidents, during the meeting with these leaders. At least 18 of the party’s 36 state units need to have elections at their level to kick off the process of electing the national president, as per the BJP’s constitution.

Coveted Address

Justice B R Gavai, who is set to be the next Chief Justice of India on May 14, is unlikely to move into the official residence meant for the CJI. As the incumbent CJI takes time to vacate the premises, the next CJI with a shorter tenure often finds it a hassle to move into the coveted Krishna Menon Marg residence. It is learnt that Justice Gavai, who will have a tenure of six months and will demit office on December 23, will continue to stay at his Tughlaq Road residence. Among the last three CJIs — Justices U U Lalit, D Y Chandrachud and Sanjiv Khanna — only Justice Chandrachud, who had a two-year tenure, occupied the official residence.