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

Railway Minister refutes ‘insufficient train’ claim of Maharashtra, says state govt not providing passenger details, already 65 trains cancelled due to non-cooperation

OpIndia Staff - 24 May, 2020

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal exposes Maharashtra govt by asking for details of 125 trains for tomorrow within an hour on Twitter

News Reports

Heads I win, Tails you lose: Uddhav Thackeray and his Govt sound clueless with contradictory statements on Coronavirus lockdown and travel

OpIndia Staff - 24 May, 2020

Maharashtra, led by Uddhav Thackeray, which has survived so far on PR stunts and media control seems to be spiralling out of control with the rampant Coronavirus pandemic taking over

News Reports

Coronavirus deaths being covered up in Delhi? Municipality records show three times deaths compared to official numbers, say MCD leaders

OpIndia Staff - 24 May, 2020

Leaders in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) have reportedly accused the Arvind Kejriwal-led-Delhi Government of a 'massive discrepancy' in the number of official Coronavirus deaths and the actual data of such deaths

Social Media

Shashi Tharoor dons ‘Thawb’ and turns Arabic to wish Eid

OpIndia Staff - 24 May, 2020

Shashi Tharoor 'Arabized' himself by posting an image of himself wearing 'Thawb'. He posted the image on the micro-blogging site Twitter on the occasion of Eid.

News Reports

UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs funding Palestinian Jihadists under the garb of Coronavirus aid: Report

OpIndia Staff - 24 May, 2020

NGO Monitor noted that the United Nations (UN) had resorted to 'anti-Israel advocacy' instead of contributing to the humanitarian crisis.

News Reports

“They want to show lesser Coronavirus cases”, alleges doctors after BMC issues show-cause notice to a Mumbai doctor for recommending COVID-19 test

OpIndia Staff - 24 May, 2020

BMC had threatened to cancel the doctor's licence, in case he failed to respond to the contentious notice within 24 hours.

News Reports

Sikkim govt asks Delhi govt to remove the offensive ad where it stated Sikkim as an independent country

OpIndia Staff - 23 May, 2020

Sikkim Government has asked Delhi government to remove the offensive advertisement for recruiting civil defence volunteers where Sikkim was mentioned as a separate country along with Bhutan and Nepal.

Politics

Mayawati blames Congress for migrant crisis, says the videos shared by the party is less empathy and more drama

OpIndia Staff - 23 May, 2020

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati today took to Twitter to call out Congress for its stand on the migrant crisis amid coronavirus outbreak.

News Reports

Shiv Sena puts Hindutva on a back-burner, says Ram Mandir in Ayodhya can wait

OpIndia Staff - 23 May, 2020

Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut refused to comment on the recent discoveries of Shiv Ling and ancient pillars found at the site of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya

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