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 suspends Rae Bareli MLA Aditi Singh from the post of General Secretary in party’s woman wing after she rebuked party on migrant bus...

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2020

The party has notified its MLA from Rae Bareli Aditi Singh regarding its decision and a response from her is awaited

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Nepal releases new political map claiming Indian territories as its own as PM KP Oli launches an offensive against India

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2020

The Nepalese PM KP Oli had also made irredentist claims on the Indian territories of Kalapani-Limpiyadhura-Lipulekh area

News Reports

News channel Calcutta News removed from cable networks in Kolkata allegedly on orders of Mamata Banerjee govt, BJP terms it ‘undeclared emergency’

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2020

The broadcast of the channel Calcutta News was stopped on various cable networks in Kolkata and surrounding areas.

Politics

With an uncalled for jibe at Goa, Kerala’s Communist Minister has shamed India

Abhishek Banerjee - 20 May, 2020

Kerala Health Minister K K Shailaja's dragging Goa in her interview with BBC was petty

Crime

West Bengal: Youth dies after being assaulted by TMC councillor Rupali Sarkar and her aides after she was accused of corruption

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2020

Soumen Das had accused TMC councillor, Rupali Sarkar, of corruption in the distribution of relief supplies to the needy

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Congress Rae Bareli MLA Aditi Singh takes a dig at her own party for the migrant bus row, praises UP CM Yogi Adityanath

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2020

Congress leader Aditi Singh praises Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath for being empathetic towards migrants unlike the Congress

Social Media

‘Sanghis’ rape dead bodies, masturbate naked before their daughters while chanting Jai Shri Ram: Congress leader takes political discourse to a new low

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2020

Soon after using filthy anti-Hindu words, and claiming that BJP supporters 'exhume corpses and rape them', Congress' Pankaj Punia went on a twitter spree of liking and retweeting the tweets of Congress supporters who were rejoicing over his statements.

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