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.

Government and Policy

Singapore declares lockdown: Here is why the Wuhan Coronavirus is so deadly and why it is not ‘just the flu’

K Bhattacharjee - 4 April, 2020

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong declared a near-total lockdown of the country on Friday to curb the spread of the Wuhan Coronavirus.

News Reports

Tablighi Jamaat had planned to gather 50,000 people for Maharashtra event, govt cancelled permission after initial coronavirus cases: Report

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2020

The state government had reportedly warned Tablighi Jamaat of legal action when the latter insisted on going ahead with the religious gathering.

Media

Congress linked ‘Real Report’ claims ‘thousands of devotees’ defied lockdown on Ram Navami using old image, deletes tweet later and backtracks

OpIndia Staff - 2 April, 2020

Real Report, a 'news platform' linked closely to the Congress party, posted a tweet on Thursday claiming that 'thousands' of devotees had gathered across temples in West Bengal on the occasion of Ram Navami.

Politics

Home Minister Amit Shah calls out Congress’ petty politics, asks the grand old party to not mislead people

OpIndia Staff - 2 April, 2020

Home Minister Shah said that the Congress was playing politics at a time when India under the leadership of PM Modi is being praised both domestically and globally for the efforts to fight the Chinese coronavirus.

Fact-Check

No, India is not accepting ‘foreign aid’ to fight Coronavirus pandemic: Debunking misinformation spread by Suhasini Haider and Shashi Tharoor

OpIndia Staff - 2 April, 2020

No sooner was the PM CARES fund launched, did conspiracy theories and blatant lies started filling the internet, especially, Twitter.

Islamists who organised anti-CAA ‘protests’ stand in solidarity with Tablighi Jamaat super-spreaders, demand FIR be revoked calling it ‘Islamophobia’

OpIndia Staff - 1 April, 2020

An FIR had been lodged against Tablighi Jamaat management for organising the congregation and housing thousands pf people at a time when orders against mass-gatherings were already in place due to the coronavirus threat.

News Reports

People infected by ‘Secularitis’ attempt to blame Modi govt and ‘rightwing’ for mess created at Markaz Nizamuddin: Here are the facts

K Bhattacharjee - 31 March, 2020

The Markaz, Nizamuddin in Delhi, the global center for the Tablighi Jamaat, is suspected to be the ground zero of hundreds of potential infections of the Wuhan Coronavirus.

News Reports

Coronavirus: AAP shrugs off responsibilities after pushing lakhs of UP-Bihar migrants under the bus in middle of pandemic, indulges in blame games

Editorial Desk - 29 March, 2020

As the Chinese coronavirus pandemic slowly engulfs the country, Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party is back to doing what it does the best, shrug off responsibility and play petty politics.

News Reports

FIR registered against AAP MLA Raghav Chadha for making false accusations against Uttar Pradesh government

OpIndia Staff - 29 March, 2020

Following the misleading claims made by Raghav Chadha, the Uttar Pradesh government had decided to take action against him for spreading fake news of UP government harassing migrant workers.

News Reports