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.

Editor's picks

West Bengal: Mamata govt orders major bureaucratic reshuffle ahead of ECI’s SIR exercise

OpIndia Staff - 29 October, 2025

While the state government justified the transfers as a routine exercise, the BJP said that it would be keeping a close watch on the newly-appointed officials.

Opinions

‘Assam already has SC-monitored NRC going on’: ECI clarifies on exclusion of Assam from current SIR plan, but Leftists have already started their agenda...

Shraddha Pandey - 28 October, 2025

While an SIR in Bihar and West Bengal gave heartburn to leftists and the extended anti-BJP ecosystem, the same lot is now rattled over the ECI’s decision not to conduct an SIR in Assam.

News Reports

Sensing defeat in Bihar, Rahul Gandhi goes missing? Congress’s ‘part-time leader’ vanishes before polls as RJD sidelines his Yatra finale

श्रवण शुक्ल - 27 October, 2025

Rahul Gandhi’s vanishing act ahead of the Bihar polls fuels talk of a silent surrender and revives his image as a “part-time politician.”

Editor's picks

BJP slams Priyank Kharge over ‘no talent in Assam’ remark, asks if talent means snatching biscuits meant for Rahul Gandhi’s dog

OpIndia Staff - 27 October, 2025

Assam BJP exposed how Kalaburagi district failed to develop despite being a Kharge stronghold for 5 decades.

Editor's picks

Ahead of Bihar elections, RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav resorts to Muslim appeasement, vows to scrap Waqf Amendment Act

OpIndia Staff - 27 October, 2025

The Waqf (Amendment) Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on 2nd April and Rajya Sabha on 4th April this year. It received presidential assent on 5th April 2025 and became an Act.

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Priyank Kharge makes racist remarks against people of Gujarat and Assam over semiconductor plants, claims the two states don’t have talent

OpIndia Staff - 26 October, 2025

As the semiconductor plants set up in Gujarat and Assam are set to roll out first made-in-India chips within this year, Karnataka Rural Development...

News Reports

As Congress targets Modi govt using Washington Post’s fiction on LIC investment in Adani, read how UPA govt used LIC as a ‘bailout buyer’...

Raju Das - 26 October, 2025

Facing twin deficits, failing disinvestment targets and a ballooning fiscal shortfall, the Congress-led regime repeatedly forced LIC into buying PSU stocks.

Editor's picks

Mann ki Baat: PM Modi shares greetings on Chhath Puja, pays tribute to Sardar Patel and Vande Mataram

OpIndia Staff - 26 October, 2025

PM Modi also paid tribute to freedom fighter Bisra Munda and his fight to secure rights for the tribal community in India.

Media

LIC denies Washington Post’s allegations of govt pressure to invest in Adani stocks, says its investment decisions are taken independently

OpIndia Staff - 25 October, 2025

Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has issued a strong rebuttal to a report by The Washington Post claiming that government officials pressured the insurer to...

Government and Policy