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.

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West Bengal: TMC govt led by Mamata Banerjee to bring anti-CAA resolution in state assembly on January 27

OpIndia Staff - 21 January, 2020

The West Bengal government led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will bring a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 in the state assembly on January 27

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No matter how many protests happen, CAA will not be rolled back: Amit Shah in Lucknow

OpIndia Staff - 21 January, 2020

Shah reminded that Gandhi had said that Hindus and Sikhs living in Pakistan can come to India anytime. It will be the duty of Indians to provide them with dignity and security.

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Delhi elections: AAP blames BJP for Arvind Kejriwal’s delay in nomination, independent candidates allege VVIP treatment for Kejriwal

OpIndia Staff - 21 January, 2020

Kejriwal had missed filing his nominations yesterday due to delay caused by his roadshow. Today is the last day to file nominations for the Delhi assembly elections.

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Delhi elections: Congress campaign song passes off Mamata Banerjee-led protest march from Kolkata as Delhi infrastructure

OpIndia Staff - 21 January, 2020

Congress’ campaign song tries to pass off Mamata Banerjee-led protest march from Kolkata as one by Congress

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After direction of Madras HC, Tamil Nadu govt to remove portion from textbook that claimed RSS was anti-Muslim

OpIndia Staff - 21 January, 2020

RSS Tamil Nadu had submitted to the court that the organisation was against the partition of India on the basis of religion and it is totally false to claim that its stand has been 'anti-Muslim'.

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Rajnikanth refuses to apologise after complaint filed against him for comments on Periyar: All you need to know about the controversy

OpIndia Staff - 21 January, 2020

Complaint against Rajnikanth for his comments against Periyar was filed by Dravidar Vidhuthalai Kazhagam

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NDTV’s Ravish Kumar more suitable than Rahul Gandhi to ‘defeat Modi’: Rama Chandra Guha

OpIndia Staff - 21 January, 2020

Guha further added that Raveesh Kumar is "totally self-made, incredibly articulate, courageous and he speaks fabulous Hindi".

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Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh snubbed at Shaheen Bagh, ‘protestors’ do not let him deliver speech from stage

OpIndia Staff - 21 January, 2020

Digvijaya Singh later said that while he was requested to deliver a speech at Shaheen Bagh, it was actually he who did not want to politicise the stage.

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