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

Anti-CAB protests: Delhi Deputy CM and other AAP leaders accuse Delhi Police of setting buses on fire at behest of BJP

OpIndia Staff - 15 December, 2019

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has alleged that Delhi Police facilitated and set ablaze buses in Delhi.

News Reports

Delhi: ‘Hinduon se Azadi’ slogans raised at Jamia Nagar where anti-CAB protesters set buses on fire

OpIndia Staff - 15 December, 2019

The so-called 'protesters' at Jamia Nagar raised slogans of 'Hinduon se Azadi' and 'Chheen ke lengey Azadi' and 'Ladh ke lengey Azadi'.

Politics

Bengali actor spotted at Santragachi during Muslim mob violence, Leftist actor claims he was on way to DYFI conference

OpIndia Staff - 15 December, 2019

Badsha Maitra claimed that while he was indeed clicked at the site of the violent protests, he was not there to protest.

Politics

AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan spotted leading the protests which turned violent in Delhi: Reports

OpIndia Staff - 15 December, 2019

As per India Today journalist Pooja Shali, Amanatullah Khan was leading the mob that turned violent at the CAA protests.

Media

Journalist explains how the Bengali elite justified Muslim mob violence and paved the way for downfall of Bengal

OpIndia Staff - 15 December, 2019

Soumyadipta said that his editor deliberately whitewashed the communal crimes committed by the Muslim community.

Politics

‘Those who are committing violence can be identified by their clothes itself,’ PM Modi says in Jharkhand

OpIndia Staff - 15 December, 2019

While addressing a rally in Jharkhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Congress party and its allies were creating ruckus across the country.

Politics

The Owaisi Factor: Why Mamata Banerjee went soft on the raging Muslim mobs in Bengal risking Hindu consolidation for the BJP

K Bhattacharjee - 15 December, 2019

Why is Mamata Banerjee not taking strict measures against the violent Muslim mobs? The answer is Asaduddin Owaisi.

Sports

Mesut Ozil, suffering horrible form at Arsenal, rakes up controversy with comments on China and ‘East Turkestan’

OpIndia Staff - 15 December, 2019

The message fro Mesut Ozil was written in a background of blue with a white crescent moon, the colours of Uyghur Separatists who call the region 'East Turkestan'.

Satire