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.

Politics

Senior journalist close to Congress reveals the real reason why senior party leaders are dissenting: Not change, but to fill a power vacuum

OpIndia Staff - 21 November, 2020

Rasheed Kidwai said there is a jousting within the Congress party for the post of 'effective party manager' as Ahmed Patel continues to remain critically ill

Politics

‘One day Karachi will be a part of India’: Devendra Fadnavis chimes in after Shiv Sena bullies Karachi Sweets owner

OpIndia Staff - 21 November, 2020

The former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis pitched for the idea of an Akhand Bharat after the Karachi Sweets row

News Reports

Former Vice President Hamid Ansari, who had attended program by Islamist PFI, now rants against ‘aggressive nationalism’

OpIndia Staff - 21 November, 2020

Ansari claimed that even before the pandemic, society had become a victim of two other pandemics, to which he referred to as 'religiosity' and 'strident nationalism'.

News Reports

Tina Dabi and Athar Khan file for divorce: How media and politicians had turned their wedding into a spectacle to peddle their own propaganda

OpIndia Staff - 21 November, 2020

Rahul Gandhi, Barkha Dutt, Kavita Krishnan and several others had congratulated Athar Khan and Tina Dabi on their interfaith marriage

News Reports

Arvind Kejriwal govt in Delhi returns 50-bed Covid-19 centre provided by BJP MP Gautam Gambhir’s Foundation

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2020

Gautam Gambhir Foundation had provided a 50-bed Covid-19 isolation facility to the Delhi govt, but the govt returned the same

News Reports

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, accompanied by son Rahul Gandhi moves to BJP ruled Goa to get away from pollution in AAP ruled Delhi

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2020

To stay away from pollution in Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi, Sonia Gandhi has now decided to spend her vacations in BJP-ruled Goa

Government and Policy

Uddhav Thackeray govt does a u-turn after promising inflated electricity bills waiver, BJP holds massive protest: Full details

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2020

Uddhav Thackeray govt stated that there will be no waiver as promised before and the consumers will have to foot the bills on their own.

Social Media

Shekhar Gupta virtue signals media for ‘fake news’ regarding India’s strike on Pakistan, Gen VK Singh reminds him of his own ‘coup story’

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2020

The minister and former army chief reminded Shekhar Gupta of the days when the senior journalist had published a fake story making wild speculations about a so-called 'coup' attempt by the Indian Army in Delhi.

News Reports