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

‘If a war is necessary to protect a woman’s honour, it must be fought’: Home Minister Amit Shah

OpIndia Staff - 19 September, 2019

Home Minister Amit Shah made the statement at the fifth International Ramayana Festival.

News Reports

16 Mosques and a Gurudwara to be used as ‘pickup points’ to gather anti-Modi protestors for ‘Howdy, Modi’ event in Houston

OpIndia Staff - 19 September, 2019

Kashmiri and Khalistani Separatist messages were seen during the rehearsal of the protests

Opinions

Concerns of Hindus anywhere should be concern of Hindus everywhere

Abhishek Banerjee - 19 September, 2019

Namrita’s death kicked off a Twitter trend in India that lasted for about 2 hours. Then, everything was forgotten.

Politics

Odisha: BJD’s ‘election weapon’ KALIA scheme wasted 170 crores on lakhs of ineligible beneficiaries

Sanghamitra - 19 September, 2019

Odisha's BJD government identified 3.41 lakh ineligible beneficiaries in the KALIA scheme that has ensured their 2019 election victory.

News Reports

Justin Trudeau says sorry for racist ‘brownface’ makeup and turban, says he is sometimes too “enthusiastic” about costumes

OpIndia Staff - 19 September, 2019

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who started his reelection campaign for upcoming polls in Canada on September 11, wore a racist 'brownface' make up at a party in the private school he worked at as a teacher back in 2001.

News Reports

Home Minister Amit Shah slams those indulging in language politics, says ‘never asked for imposing Hindi over other regional languages’

OpIndia Staff - 18 September, 2019

Amit Shah' statement was, however, distorted and used to stir controversy

News Reports

Farm loan waiver not possible, Rahul Gandhi should not have promised it: Digvijay Singh’s brother Lakshman Singh

OpIndia Staff - 18 September, 2019

Kamal Nath had also earlier conceded that Congress' ex-president's promise was nothing but a sham

Opinions

On the third anniversary of the Uri attack, it is important that we place it in its proper civilizational context

K Bhattacharjee - 18 September, 2019

On the 18th of September, 2016, terrorists sponsored by Pakistan would attack an Indian Army Brigade Headquarters in Uri which would lead India and Pakistan down a path that leads us to where we are today.

Opinions