Tariq Mansoor
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative councilWikipedia
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Aug 18, 2026
Ichha SharmaHOST
Party sources say this overhaul reflects a renewed focus on social media communication, particularly after the recent Gen Z-driven student protests at Jantar Mantar and the rise of the Cockroach Janata Party.
Ichha SharmaHOST
The reshuffle also brings in several leaders from poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, including Irani, Rekha Verma, and Tariq Mansoor, while representation from southern states has been reduced, with Telangana receiving no representation.
Ichha SharmaHOST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the new team as combining organizational experience, energy, and grassroots connect, essentially signaling that the BJP is trying to balance familiar faces with a younger and more socially diverse leadership ahead of its next electoral cycle.
Ichha SharmaHOST
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Bobby AllynGUEST
But at least on paper they say, "We don't put money down on these markets 'cause we're the ones creating them." But yeah, that do- I would love to spend a few days in those meetings of like...
Bobby AllynGUEST
'Cause when I talked to the CEO of Kalshi, uh, Tariq Mansoor, I was like, "Are there any markets that you think are just beyond the pale?" And he's like, "Oh yeah, all the time." And we even talked about during wildfire season in Los Angeles, there was a market on how far, how many acres would burn.
Bobby AllynGUEST
And just, like, think about that for a second.
Bobby AllynGUEST
If you're turning how many eagles, uh, acres were burned into a potential gamble, you're basically creating a financial incentive for someone to spread the fire, [laughs] right? So, um-
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Bobby AllynGUEST
CNN, The Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press have deals with the prediction markets 'cause they see value in, in this, these data sources.
Grant SlaterHOST
What moment do the people who you, who you cover for this point to, like, the, as the beginning of what they're doing here?
Bobby AllynGUEST
What, uh, Tariq Mansoor of Kalshi likes to say is his aha moment, is his, like, light bulb moment, and I even, like, hesitate to even describe this because as you know from covering tech, founders love self-mythologizing.
Bobby AllynGUEST
It's just, like, so eye roll-inducing to me.
Shekhar GuptaHOST
If BJP has to win 2029, they have to max out in Odisha again, and they have to max out in West Bengal as well, and that also reflects in these new changes, the, the new attention to West Bengal.
Shekhar GuptaHOST
Rekha Verma, who's from UP and OBC, and Professor Tariq Mansoor, the former vice chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, who is the BJP's minority face or Muslim face.
Shekhar GuptaHOST
He's there.
Shekhar GuptaHOST
Then the two most powerful general secretaries who are, who are known to, who are known to have the confidence of Home Minister Amit Shah, they've been retained.