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

Forgive us, we could not fulfill Rahul Gandhi’s farm loan waiver promise: Kamal Nath’s minister concedes failure in Madhya Pradesh

OpIndia Staff - 14 February, 2020

Farm loan waiver was a major promise made in the run up to Madhya Pradesh elections by Rahul Gandhi

Opinions

Understanding the crushing defeat for BJP in Delhi elections: Media, Ideology and the nature of the Constituency

Saket Suryesh - 14 February, 2020

With the Delhi Elections ending in a crushing defeat for BJP and a thumping victory for AAP, a definite sense of despondency descends on the supporters of BJP

Entertainment

Propagandist Anurag Kashyap reaches Shaheen Bagh and Jamia to support Islamists against CAA

OpIndia Staff - 14 February, 2020

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap visits Jamia and Shaheen Bagh to express solidarity with anti-CAA protesters

Law

Supreme court notice to Lalu Yadav on plea by CBI challenging his bail

OpIndia Staff - 14 February, 2020

Supreme court issued notice to Lalu Yadav seeking a reply on a plea filed by CBI objecting to a Jharkhand HC order that granted him bail in one of the fodder scam cases.

News Reports

Supreme Court refuses to grant interim bail to 1984 anti-Sikh genocide perpetrator and Congress leader Sajjan Kumar

OpIndia Staff - 14 February, 2020

Kumar was charged for the murder of 5 Sikhs in Delhi Cantonment area.

News Reports

Chief of Iran’s IRGC warns Israel, threatens to submerge it in the Mediterranean Sea

OpIndia Staff - 14 February, 2020

Hossein Salami, eulogized Qasem Soleimani, the deceased commander of the IRGC Quds Force, and threatened Israel in a speech on the 13th of February during a ceremony marking the 40th day since the death of the Iranian General.

News Reports

Ahead of president Trump’s India visit, four senators with a history of interfering in internal affairs of India write letter on Kashmir and CAA

OpIndia Staff - 14 February, 2020

Four US senators write a letter regarding CAA and Kashmir ahead of President Trump's India visit.

News Reports

Sonia, Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi may soon lose ‘informal’ airport privileges that should have ended when SPG was withdrawn: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 14 February, 2020

Despite the downgrade of SPG cover, the Gandhi trio, until now, enjoyed the informal airport privileges of skipping airport security checks

Politics

Communist leader mocks memorial of Pulwama martyrs, calls it ‘reminder of incompetence’

OpIndia Staff - 14 February, 2020

The memorial at CRPF's Lethpora camp is to have the names of all the 40 CRPF cadre who had lost their lives in the attack, along with their photographs, with the CRPF motto 'Seva Aur Nishtha' carved along with.

News Reports