Actor-politician Pawan Kalyan took oath as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Andhra Pradesh’s Pithapuram constituency and assumed office as the Deputy Chief Minister on June 12, 2024. As he completed two years in public office, his wife Anna Lezhneva shared an emotional note reflecting on his journey and the struggles that preceded his political success. Anna wrote that the journey had not been easy. According to her, it was marked by years of insults, humiliation, mockery, and exhaustion. While Pawan was fighting his battles in public life, she was holding the family together at home, staying strong for their children despite often feeling completely alone.

Lezhneva stated that Pawan’s victory felt emotional and deeply human rather than merely political because it represented years of pain, sacrifice, and perseverance. “I still remember standing there with tears in my eyes… and even Modi ji noticed me crying,” she wrote while sharing a photograph with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after Pawan Kalyan took oath. “Because sometimes God allows people to be broken, humiliated and tested for years… only to return their dignity in front of the whole world. And if you ask me what I felt in that moment? Just pride,” she wrote, summing up her emotions.

​Evidence analysed through Open-Source Intelligence research by NDTV Datafy, along with inputs from maritime analysts and media reports, suggests that the US military and its regional allies operated a “dark fleet” of vessels to send oil to the international market. 

​The 57-day pilgrimage to the holy Amarnath cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir is scheduled to be held from July 3 to August 28 this year.