Politics

News and views regarding the political landscape of India. From national political parties to regional news, we try and cut through the noise to explain how Indian politics is shaping up.

News Reports

Congress is ‘deeply disturbed’ by Delhi police searching premises of lawyer who had become ISIS poster boy

OpIndia Staff - 25 December, 2020

Manish Tewari stated that he is 'deeply disturbed' by the police raid on ISIS poster boy Mehmood Pracha. He even called the court warranted search 'arbitrary'.

News Reports

West Bengal police unleash lathi-charge on BJP workers including women, more than 40 injured

OpIndia Staff - 25 December, 2020

More than 40 party workers, including several women workers, have reportedly been injured. BJYM Kolkata North Suburban District President Pintu Das also suffered injuries.

News Reports

BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Thakur has sent a legal notice to leftist troll Rachita Taneja: Here is why

OpIndia Staff - 25 December, 2020

The Bhopal MP has asked the 'cartoonist' to refrain from using the said website/domain name or any variant thereof in the name of Pragya Thakur.

Opinions

China’s information warfare: How Beijing uses censorship, disinformation and propaganda to control and influence domestic narrative

Jinit Jain - 24 December, 2020

A primer into how the Chinese Communist Party(CCP) has been regulating the flow of information and distorting it with disinformation to maintain its preeminence.

Opinions

From being in a ‘hurry’ to double farmer income to missing Sonia Gandhi’s NAC: Bizarre excuses Communists give to put farm laws on hold

S. Sudhir Kumar - 24 December, 2020

The Hindu carried an opinion piece on farmer laws which had some of the most bizarre excuses for which the farm laws must be withdrawn.

News Reports

After supporting Naxals and terrorists, Congress plans to adopt ‘nationalism’ pitch on party’s foundation day

OpIndia Staff - 24 December, 2020

Congress party has decided to do Tiranga yatras and a "selfie with the tricolour" campaign on social media on the party’s foundation day

Political History of India

IC 814 hijack: Where are those three terrorists India released in exchange for hostages?

Shashank Bharadwaj - 24 December, 2020

On December 31, 1999, after seven days, the hostage crisis came to an end as India agreed to release three dreaded terrorists including Masood Azhar, the founder of Jaish-e-Mohammed.

News Reports