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

‘Desh ke gaddaron ko, Goli maaro saalon ko’: Pro-CAA protests carried out in Jamia, 40 detained

OpIndia Staff - 4 February, 2020

On Tuesday, demonstrations in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) were conducted at Jamia

Politics

Leave or you will be evicted ‘MNS-Style’: MNS Posters in Panvel say to illegal Bangladeshis

OpIndia Staff - 4 February, 2020

MNS posters are seen in Navi Mumbai's Panvel asking illegal Bangladeshi immigrants to leave or get evicted 'MNS-style'.

News Reports

After wrongly blaming Savarkar for two-nation theory, Congress blames BJP for creating Shaheen Bagh

OpIndia Staff - 4 February, 2020

Leader from Congress Ghulam Nabi Azad has threatened that more Shaheen Baghs will come up all across India

News Reports

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury uses unparliamentary language in Lok Sabha while attacking BJP MP, says ‘Ye Ravan ke aulad hain’

OpIndia Staff - 4 February, 2020

Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, on Tuesday, sparks a fresh controversy after he used a derogatory slang against BJP

News Reports

Azad Maidan police files sedition charges against 50 people for anti-national slogans at LGBTQ event

OpIndia Staff - 4 February, 2020

As per reports, Urvashi Chudawala was called for questioning on two occasions but she did not turn up for the preliminary inquiry. Reportedly, she has now gone underground.

Fact-Check

Congress lies about Budget 2020, claims Modi Govt has reduced funds for Indian Railways: Here are the facts

OpIndia Staff - 4 February, 2020

Congress lies and claimed that the Railway Budget had been cut by the Indian government in the Budget

Opinions

A chronology of how Arvind Kejriwal betrayed the 12 principles AAP was founded on

Yossarian - 4 February, 2020

AAP has willfully, systematically and repeatedly betrayed each one of the 12 principles on which it was founded

Politics

Despite Times Now predicting AAP winning Delhi, this is how they can still lose the elections

Rahul Roushan - 4 February, 2020

5 reasons why AAP might not be in as comfortable a position as they appear in opinion polls.

News Reports

Amnesty International defends the violent mobs and rioters of anti-CAA protests, starts petition claiming India is curbing ‘freedom of expression’

OpIndia Staff - 4 February, 2020

Dubious NGO Amnesty International defends riots and violent mob attacks in the name of anti-CAA protests, claims that there was "excessive use of force towards protesters".

Opinions