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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Ignoring dissenting voices in party, CWC passes resolution against govt’s Kashmir move, holds meeting chaired by ‘resigned’ Rahul Gandhi

OpIndia Staff - 7 August, 2019

This resolution adopted by Congress seems more like an afterthought to save the party's reputation and douse questions over its leadership structure after several leaders expressed solidarity with the BJP govt's decision.

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Hate mongers celebrate her death as the nation mourns stateswoman Sushma Swaraj

OpIndia Staff - 7 August, 2019

Interestingly, when some of the Indians expressed happiness over the death of Sushma Swaraj, in a rare incident, few Pakistanis expressed their condolence after Swaraj passed away.

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As Amit Shah thundered away in Lok Sabha yesterday, here are three significant takeaways from his speech

OpIndia Staff - 7 August, 2019

Amit Shah stated in Lok Sabha that enough debate has been done over the article. He asserted that we have been discussing for three generations and now it is the time for action.

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Remembering Sushma Swaraj, the mother to Indians stranded abroad

Nirwa Mehta - 7 August, 2019

These tweets of Sushma Swaraj won the Internet and our hearts

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No united stand on 370, pandering to Pakistan, dissing Sardar Patel and singing ‘Nehru-Indira-chalisa’: The Congress suicide note

OpIndia Staff - 6 August, 2019

In a hurry to deflect from the issue of Article 370, Digvijaya Singh resorts to rhetorics when he claims that Nehru was responsible for the independence of Goa or his claims of Indira Gandhi freeing up Sikkim.

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Pakistan PM Imran Khan warns India of another Pulwama like attack due to effective abrogation of Article 370

OpIndia Staff - 6 August, 2019

Pulwama attack was engineered by Pakistan based Jaish-e-Muhammad terror outfit, killing 40 CRPF personnel

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A star is born: Meet the 33-year-old Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal who floored the Parliament today with his speech

OpIndia Staff - 6 August, 2019

The 33-year-old Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, one of the youngest MP in the Lok Sabha from India’s largest parliamentary seat geographically - Ladakh

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Jyotiraditya Scindia supports Modi govt’s move to dilute Article 370 and bifurcate JK even as Congress toes Pakistan’s line

OpIndia Staff - 6 August, 2019

Jyotiraditya Scindia who was until now, being considered as the next face to represent the grand old party, took to Twitter to extend his support on the move of bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir.

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