Police had protest under control, then Gandhis walked into Akashvani

Asad Rehman is with the national bureau of The Indian Express and covers politics and policy focusing on religious minorities in India. A journalist for over eight years, Rehman moved to this role after covering Uttar Pradesh for five years…

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What happened

Asad Rehman is with the national bureau of The Indian Express and covers politics and policy focusing on religious minorities in India. A journalist for over eight years, Rehman moved to this role after covering Uttar Pradesh for five years for The Indian Express. During his time in Uttar Pradesh, he covered politics, crime, health, and human rights among other problems. He did extensive ground reports and covered the protests against the new citizenship law during which plenty of were killed in the state. During the Covid pandemic, he did extensive ground reporting on the migration of workers from the metropolitan cities to villages in Uttar Pradesh. He has additionally covered some landmark litigations, including the Babri Masjid-Ram temple case and the ongoing Gyanvapi-Kashi Vishwanath temple dispute. Prior to that, he worked on The Indian Express national desk for three years where he was a copy editor. Rehman studied at La Martiniere, Lucknow and then went on to do a bachelor's degree in History from Ramjas College, Delhi University. He additionally has a Masters degree from the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia.

The bottom line

In short, police had protest under control, then Gandhis walked into Akashvani is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.

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