What some of our leaders were up to on Tuesday.
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IMAGE: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and an Indian Army Commando salute each other during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Hoshiarpur. Photograph: ANI Photo
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IMAGE: Rahul embraces the Commando. Photograph: ANI Photo
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IMAGE: Rahul being embraced by a Nihang Sikh during the Yatra. Photograph: ANI Photo
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IMAGE: Rahul being embraced by another Nihang Sikh. Photograph: ANI Photo
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IMAGE: Rahul being greeted by a specially-abled supporter. Photograph: ANI Photo
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IMAGE: An animated Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal speaks during the winter session of the Delhi assembly, here and below. Photograph: ANI Photo
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Photograph: ANI Photo
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IMAGE: Prime Minister N D Modi leaves after attending day two of the Bharatiya Janata Party's national executive meeting at the NDMC convention centre in New Delhi. Photograph: Sanjay Sharma/ANI Photo
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IMAGE: What are Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah discussing after the meeting? Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI Photo
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IMAGE: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan leaves after the BJP meeting. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI Photo
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IMAGE: A rare image of a smiling Amit Shah, who usually looks annoyed with the world. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI Photo
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IMAGE: Guess who the lady alongside Law Minister Kiren Rijiju is? That's the BJP's Mathura MP, looking rather different from her Dream Girl heyday. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI Photo
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IMAGE: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath hurrying for his appointment with the Rashtrapati after the meeting. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI Photo
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IMAGE: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, accompanied by BJP leader Vijay Kumar Sinha and others. Photograph: Sanjay Sharma/ANI Photo
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IMAGE: Is Nitin Gadkari wondering what Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah are chatting about? All three gentlemen have been BJP presidents. Photograph: Sanjay Sharma/ANI Photo
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IMAGE: Maharaj leaves after attending the BJP meeting. Photograph: Sanjay Sharma/ANI Photo
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IMAGE: Will Yogi take over from Jagat Prakash Nadda as BJP president in June 2024? Photograph: ANI Photo
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IMAGE: President Droupadi Murmu listens keenly to Yogi. Photograph: ANI Photo
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IMAGE: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao pays his respects to
the Nizam, who passed away in Turkey on Saturday, January 14, at the Chowmahalla palace in Hyderabad.
Photograph: ANI Photo
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IMAGE: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose airport in Kolkata before flying to Shillong to attend the Trinamool Congress rally in Meghalaya. Photograph: ANI Photo
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