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

Congress leader holds protest after Friday Namaz, demands Telangana bans French products, blames PM Modi for ‘inciting Indian Muslims’

OpIndia Staff - 31 October, 2020

After Bhopal, a Congress leader led protest against France in Telangana, demanding that the state bans French products and condemn the President

Politics

The Second Republic: Why Narendra Modi drawing a comparison between Somnath Temple and Ram Mandir on Rashtriya Ekta Diwas is significant

K Bhattacharjee - 31 October, 2020

The birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on the 31st of October is commemorated as the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas.

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Locals stop Congress leader Kumari Selja from visiting Nikita Tomar’s house, killed by one Tauseef, raise anti-Congress slogans

OpIndia Staff - 30 October, 2020

Unlike the Hathras case, Congress has not spoken a word of condemnation against this brutal act, where a young girl was shot dead by a Congress leader's kin

Opinions

Here’s why Jammu and Kashmir does not need a law to protect their land but many other states do

Abhishek Banerjee - 30 October, 2020

In a landmark decision, the Government of India has now decided that any Indian can purchase land in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

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Bhopal Congress MLA Arif Masood, who organised anti-France protest, says he would have crushed President Macron’s face for blasphemy

OpIndia Staff - 30 October, 2020

Congress MLA Arif Masood said that if it had been in his capacity, he would have crushed the face of France President Emmanuel Macron

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Subramanian Swamy condemns the ‘knifing and beheading as retaliation’ in France, however, his condemnation comes with a big ‘but’: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 30 October, 2020

Subramanian Swamy on Friday condemned the beheading of innocent French citizens a day earlier by an Islamic terrorist.

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Congress MLA organises protest of thousands of Muslims against French President and his ‘Islamophobia’ after his citizens were beheaded for ‘blasphemy’

OpIndia Staff - 30 October, 2020

Congress MLA Arif Masood organised and led a protest supporting terrorism in the name of Islam that led to the beheading of Samuel Paty and others in France.

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Samajwadi Party fumes over toilet tiles at Gorakhpur Railway Hospital. Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff - 29 October, 2020

The National Eastern Railway issued a clarification saying that the tiles had no connection with any political party and that they were fixed years ago under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

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SC raps West Bengal police for issuing summons to Delhi resident over her Facebook post ‘criticising’ Mamata Banerjee government

OpIndia Staff - 29 October, 2020

Delhi resident Roshni Biswas was summoned over her Facebook post criticising Mamata Banerjee government for implementing lockdown norms strictly and allowing a large congregation in Raja Bazar area.

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