Cyclone Montha Nears Andhra, Political Storm Over SIR Brews in South

This special report tracks Cyclone Montha's intensification over the Bay of Bengal as it heads for landfall on India's east coast, with India Today reporters Apoorva Jayachandran and Abdul providing live updates from the storm zone in Andhra Pradesh. According to Apoorva Jayachandran, winds are 'likely to take speed up to 90 kilometers per hour, well into 110 kilometers per hour'. The bulletin details the impact in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, where the government has imposed a 24/7 lockdown in affected coastal areas. It also covers the significant political opposition brewing in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, where state governments and opposition parties have vehemently opposed the central government's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.