Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly expressed surprise after noticing Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s photograph printed on Minister N. Anand’s shirt during an airport reception in Chennai.
Between 2024 and 2026, IPAC oversaw four consecutive high-profile defeats — YSRCP in Andhra, AAP in Delhi, DMK in Tamil Nadu, and TMC in West Bengal. The common thread: Rishi Raj Singh’s leadership and a consulting machine that told leaders what they wanted to hear, not what voters were actually saying.