DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PATNA, PUNE, VADODARA SETS NOV 21 DEADLINE Congress’s political footprint may have shrunk but its share of dynastlegislators (MPs, MLAs and MLCs) is at 33.25%. With almost thrice the number of legislators, BJP’s share is 18.62%; families dominate regional politics 78 SHYAMLAL YADAV NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 23 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY Behind Tanvi Sharma’s medal, mother who turned coach SHIVANI NAIK MUMBAI, OCTOBER 23 FOR MEENA Sharma, mother of world junior badminton silver medallist Tanvi Sharma, the love for a game she played in college, but couldn’t pursue seriously, needed both an outlet and an outcome. So the single mother from Hoshiarpur in Punjab, a physical education teacher, took it upon herself to turn badminton coach for her children, ensuring 16-year-old Tanvi CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 THE DRUMBEATS have begun for another election in Bihar where the key challenger is the son of a former Chief Minister. The young rising star in the ruling establishment is the son of a former Union Minister. The incumbent Deputy Chief Minister is the son of a former Minister... ...And so it goes on and on — across the country. Sons and daughters of MLAs, MPs, Ministers and party chiefs, all getting into the party, then getting a ticket to the legislature andthegovernment—instateafterstate,partyafterparty,atrend that’ssweepinginbothscaleand scope, according to an investigation by The Indian Express. There is a paradox, though. The BJP, in its third term in power at the Centre, and whose steadily increasing footprint across the states now accounts for 2,078 legislators, has 18.62 percent of them as dynasts. In sharp contrast is the Congresswithjustunderdouble that share. Its footprint has shrunk to 99 in Lok Sabha, it has power in just CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 INSIDE PAGE 7 SHARE OF DYNASTS IN PARTIES WITH MORE THAN 100 LEGISLATORS BJP CONGRESS TRINAMOOLCONGRESS 18.62% 33.25% 12.31% 2,078 857 268 (387) (285) Total Legislators DMK Total Legislators TELUGUDESAMPARTY (33) Total Legislators Russianoilfirmstopush Moscowintopeacetalks EU, too, unveils fresh set of sanctions, targets Russian shadow fleet, crypto SAMAJWADIPARTY 17.44% 31.28% 34.81% 172 163 158 (30) (51) Total Legislators AAMAADMIPARTY Total Legislators RASHTRIYAJANATADAL JANATA DAL(UNITED) 8.21% 30.61% 34.57% 134 98 81 (30) (11) Total Legislators Total Legislators (28) Total Legislators Note: Total legislators include all MPs, MLAs, MLCs of respective parties; data updated till September 20, 2025 ■ RJD and JDU numbers have been included in view of the upcoming Bihar polls In Bihar, RJD leads family front — over 42% of its outgoing MLAs are dynasts SHYAMLAL YADAV NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 23 BIHAR IS the home of many progressive movements but the state also shows the way when it comes to nepotism in politics. Nothingbetterillustratesthis than the count of dynasts in the outgoing 243-member Assembly: 70 or, at 28.81 per cent,morethanone-fourthitstotal strength, an investigation by The Indian Express shows. RJD, the party run by Lalu Prasad's family, leads the list with 30 dynasts in its total of 71 (42.25%)legislatorsintheHouse. So much so that RJD's count is CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Reliance Industries may attune its oil imports in line with Govt’s decision SUKALP SHARMA (55) Total Legislators Curbs tighten tap, leave India with headroom to taper off Russia crude NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 23 US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin ANDREW OSBORN, JEFF MASON & TIMOTHY GARDNER MOSCOW, OCTOBER 23 USPRESIDENTDonaldTrumphit Russia’stwobiggestoilcompanies with sanctions in a sharp policy shiftonMoscow’swarinUkraine, promptingglobaloilpricestorise by 5% Thursday and India to consider cutting Russian imports. Thesanctionstargetoilgiants Rosneft and Lukoil, which between them account for more than 5% of global oil output, and mark a dramatic U-turn by Trump, who said only last week that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin would soon hold a summit in Budapest to try to end the war in Ukraine. But Trump, in his latest CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 INDIA’SOILimportsfromRussia, itsbiggestsupplier,mayfall sharply following the impositionof sanctionsbythe US on Russian oil majors Rosneft and Lukoil, industry insiders and experts toldThe Indian Express Thursday. While it is still too early to estimate the actual impact of the US sanctions, industry sources saidthatgovernment-ownedrefiners are already evaluating compliance risks in a bid to ensure that whatever Russian oil they buy henceforth is not being sourced directly from Rosneft, Lukoilandtheirnumerousarms. Banks, too, are expected to avoid transactionsinvolvingpayments to the sanctioned entities to avoid risk of attracting secondary sanctions from ● Washington. Private sector refininggiantRelianceIndustries(RIL), whichaloneaccountsforaround half of India’sRussianoilimports E EXPLAINED 166 One nation, a few parivars USslapssanctionson2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 RELATED REPORTS PAGES 10, 15 No Trump meeting as PM to attend ASEAN summit online SHUBHAJIT ROY NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 23 PRIMEMINISTERNarendraModi willnottraveltoMalaysiaforthe ASEAN(Associationof SouthEast Asian Nations) leaders’ summit, but will attend the meeting virtually on October 26 instead. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will represent Modi at the summit on October 27. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 8TH REMEMBRANCE “Service is the Supreme Religion” Ensuring Health & Dignity of Elderly Senior Citizen Health Insurance gets Cheaper LATE SHRI RASIKLALJI MANIKCHANDJI DHARIWAL A visionary whose generosity was boundless, A karmayogi whose every step created milestones, A leader who transformed dreams into enduring institutions... Your life was a scripture of compassion, discipline and selfless service. Your blessings remain an eternal light guiding generations ahead. Life-saving Drugs become Cheaper Prakash Rasiklalji Dhariwal Dina Prakash Dhariwal Aditya Prakash Dhariwal Dhariwal Family Shirur, Pune CBC 15502/13/0040/2526 134 `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 AN EXPRESS INVESTIGATION 106 REG.NO. MCS/067/2018 - 20 RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2025, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES 24/10/2025 ● Mumbai
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