It's free this week! Tune in wherever you get your podcasts https://pod.link/582585399/episode/346c1c6b679e088395836444ae61c936 This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Shardool Katyayan and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by Jagdeep Chhokar, founder and member of the Association for Democratic Reforms. On electoral bonds, Jagdeep says the exercise of matching the bonds data can never be conclusive, but “we should remember that the window between a bond being purchased and it being redeemed is 15 days”. The panel then discusses the BJP’s second list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. Abhinandan asks if the party is trying to change its image by dropping names of sitting MPs with a history of hate speech. Jayashree says it is fielding new faces only to strengthen the central leadership’s grip on state units. On the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, Shardool says the law is “practically useless”. He explains that the naturalisation process requires 11 years of residency in the country, whereas the deadline for granting citizenship under the CAA is December 2014, and the law is being notified almost after a decade. Tune in! Subscribe to Newslaundry: https://www.newslaundry.com/subscription?ref=hafta Power NL and TNM's coverage of the 2024 general elections: https://www.newslaundry.com/2024-electionfund?ref=nl-social Download the all-new Newslaundry app: https://www.newslaundry.com/download-app Join us on WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va61PEo0QeacOqU9vr2k Follow and engage with us on social media: Facebook: https://facebook.com/newslaundry Twitter: https://twitter.com/newslaundry Instagram: https://instagram.com/newslaundry