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.

Politics

You are a clown, so you’ll be hung upside down: BJP MP from Telangana tells Asaduddin Owaisi

OpIndia Staff - 7 January, 2020

Arvind Dharmapuri also called Asaduddin Owaisi a broker of Muslim votes.

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JNU VC appeals students to ‘forget the past’ and begin afresh, Delhi Police say damaged CCTV servers making fact-finding difficult

OpIndia Staff - 7 January, 2020

M Jagadesh Kumar further stated that the university will find every opportunity to ensure that normalcy returns to the campus.

Media

Prakash Javadekar continues to expose foreign media’s biased reporting, takes aim on NYTimes over its JNU violence reportage

OpIndia Staff - 7 January, 2020

Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar, appears to have had enough with the propagandists in the media.

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Despite abuse and bullying, over 70 Bollywood professionals meet Piyush Goyal to discuss issues around CAA

OpIndia Staff - 7 January, 2020

While Media and 'Liberals' maligned them, over 70 Bollywood celebs met Piyush Goyal to discuss CAA

Politics

AIIMS discriminated, Priyanka Gandhi’s supporters took back the shawls she had distributed among the injured: Claims JNU girl

OpIndia Staff - 7 January, 2020

Kritika Sen, a JNU student and ABVP member, has alleged that when the injured students were being admitted to AIIMS, the doctors there were asking each student whether they belonged to ABVP or the left.

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After Pakistan uses ‘Free Kashmir’ placard to further anti-India agenda, Mumbai woman behind the poster ‘clarifies’

OpIndia Staff - 7 January, 2020

The presence of “Free Kashmir” poster at the protest led many to suspect that it is not merely a students’ protest against the JNU violence, but there were anti-national forces involved.

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Fringe group Hindu Raksha Dal claims responsibility for violence at JNU, says the university is hotbed of anti-national activities

OpIndia Staff - 7 January, 2020

Hindu Raksha Dal leader Pinky Chaudhary releases video message claiming responsibility for JNU violence

Entertainment

Fascists with a list: How ‘woke liberals’ targeted the Bollywood celebs who chose to attend a meeting with Piyush Goyal

OpIndia Staff - 7 January, 2020

Event was organised where Piyush Goyal was to meet with some Bollywood personalities to discuss CAA

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We have just formed government, yet to fill our pockets: Congress minister Yashomati Thakur in Maharashtra

OpIndia Staff - 7 January, 2020

"Our government was not in power until now. We have just managed to form a government. I have just taken oath as a minister. We are yet to fill our pockets", the Congress minister was seen saying.

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