Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah was greeted with black flag protests in Kollam, Kerala. Protesters lined his route as part of a demonstration against the senior BJP leader's visit. The incident has also raised questions over a possible security breach, as the minister was apparently visible to demonstrators, prompting debate about lapses in his protection arrangements during the Kerala leg of his tour.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the country's first central bank digital currency, presented as a step toward greater transparency in the delivery of funds and welfare mechanisms. The move ties India to a growing list of nations experimenting with digital rupee-style state currencies, and officials frame it as a way to cut leakage and make transactions traceable.

Congress has won 24 seats in Gujarat while the BJP failed to secure a single one, a result being described as a complete whitewash for the ruling party in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah's home state. The outcome is being linked to Rahul Gandhi's campaign, and commentators are debating what it signals for the BJP ahead of future elections in Gujarat.