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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‘She is nobody that I should know her,’ Samajwadi Rajya Sabha MP denies knowing Shehla Rashid after sharing stage

OpIndia Staff - 22 August, 2019

Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Yadav outright denied knowing Shehla Rashid minutes after sharing the stage with the freelance activist.

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They may throw ink on Savarkar’s statue, but it is the Congress who has a tainted face

Rahul Kaushik - 22 August, 2019

While top Congres leaders spent their so-called jail terms in posh guest houses, Savarkar was subjected to inhuman atrocities in Andaman.

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NSUI goons vandalise Savarkar statue inside Delhi University campus, put shoe garland

OpIndia Staff - 22 August, 2019

This statue was erected by ABVP activists on Monday night along with the busts of Bhagat Singh and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

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All you need to know: Retired judge Abhay Thipsay who joined Congress launched book blaming Hindus for bomb blasts done by Islamic radicals

GujaratRiots.com - 22 August, 2019

S M Mushrif is a controversial former Inspector General of Police. He has written a book which claimed that the then ATS chief Hemant Karkare was killed by Hindu radicals

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Ratul Puri, Kamal Nath’s nephew, moves application to surrender before the CBI Court

OpIndia Staff - 22 August, 2019

Ratul Puri, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath's nephew, moved an application to surrender before the CBI Court.

News Reports

‘Liberal’ hearts bleed as CBI arrests Congress leader Chidambaram after court calls him “kingpin of crime”

OpIndia Staff - 22 August, 2019

Within a few minutes of Chidambaram's arrest, the liberal heart bled for their fallen hero, who once had once co-opted the very same intelligentsia, media and other opinion-makers.

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Opposition gathers to protest against abrogation of Article 370, Karti Chidambaram arrives and steals the show

OpIndia Staff - 22 August, 2019

As seen above, Brinda Karat (CPIM), Manoj Jha (RJD) and Ghulam Nabi Azad (Congress) aren't particularly excited at the limelight being taken away from them by Karti.

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If Congress can’t claim political martyrdom today, the Modi government has only P Chidambaram to thank

Editorial Desk - 22 August, 2019

After being missing for almost an entire day post the Supreme Court rejecting immediate relief from arrest in the INX media scam case, P Chidambaram went missing.

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Head caretaker of UPA castle is arrested and the common Indian is smiling

Abhishek Banerjee - 22 August, 2019

Enjoy the Whataboutism. By the way, how long before some renowned 'divider' in media tries to size up yesterday’s arrest in terms of caste or regional faultlines? Let’s see who does it first.

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