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

Scindia to be sidelined again? Speculations rife as reports of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s promotion as UP in-charge emerge

OpIndia Staff - 3 September, 2019

Earlier on Friday, Scindia had skipped a meeting chaired by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and had reportedly sent an ultimatum to the party's top leadership asking to be made MPCC chief.

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Development trumps terrorism: Maharashtra plans to build two resorts in Kashmir and Ladakh, first such decision after Article 370 abrogation

OpIndia Staff - 3 September, 2019

The MTDC will survey the region in the next 15 days to decide on the proposal.

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Arrogance be thy name: Congress’ P Chidambaram reeks of arrogance as he is taken into CBI custody

OpIndia Staff - 3 September, 2019

Former Union Minister P Chidambaram has been in CBI custody for the past couple of weeks.

Opinions

This day in 2018: Malaysia saw a lesbian couple caned publicly for the first time in its history

K Bhattacharjee - 3 September, 2019

The unnamed women, aged 22 and 32 at the time, were caned six times at a courtroom in front of family members and officials.

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Case lodged against Congress’ Digvijay Singh for his ‘ISI sponsoring BJP’ and ‘Non-Muslims spying for ISI’ remarks

OpIndia Staff - 3 September, 2019

Cases have been lodged against Digvijay Singh in Muzaffarpur and Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal for his controversial statements against the BJP, Bajrang Dal and Hindus in general.

Law

Fearing Tihar, P Chidambaram agrees to remain in CBI custody till September 5

OpIndia Staff - 3 September, 2019

Earlier, last month, P Chidambaram had gone on great lengths to evade CBI arrest

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Dalit MLA from YSRCP accuses TDP leaders of casteist slurs against her, leaves Ganesh Puja venue in tears

OpIndia Staff - 3 September, 2019

YSRCP MLA Dr Vundavalli Sridevi has demanded that action is taken against the TDP leaders who made such casteist comments.

Opinions

NRC outcome: As a nation, we have failed Assam

Abhishek Banerjee - 3 September, 2019

The NRC was promised by Rajiv Gandhi as part of the Assam Accord in 1985. Obviously, he had no intention of actually doing it.

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Kulbhushan Jadhav under extreme pressure to parrot a false narrative to bolster Pakistan’s untenable claims: MEA after consular meet

OpIndia Staff - 2 September, 2019

The government remains committed to continuing to work towards ensuring that Kulbhushan Jadhav receives justice at the earliest and returns safely to India

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