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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Shiv Sena slams Mamata Banerjee, says the “sleeping Hindus of Bengal” have been “awakened by her excesses”

OpIndia Staff - 13 June, 2019

Shiv Sena attacked the Trinamool Congress chief saying that the state would turn into Gujarat and could even turn into ‘Ayodhya or Varanasi’.

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CBI registers case against former Samajwadi Party MP Atiq Ahmed for kidnapping and assaulting realtor inside jail

OpIndia Staff - 13 June, 2019

Samajwadi Party leader, Atiq Ahmed had allegedly beaten up real estate businessman Mohit Jaiswal in Deoria Jail in Uttar Pradesh and had demanded extortion money from the businessman.

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‘Modi hain to mumkin hain’, says US Secretary of State in his major policy speech

OpIndia Staff - 13 June, 2019

Narendra Modi’s consistent efforts in the last five years, India is now considered to be a global power and a major security partner by the United States.

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119 persons booked for posting derogatory remarks against the CM of Kerala since the Pinarayi Vijayan government came to power

OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2019

Over 150 people in Kerala are facing either police cases or disciplinary actions for insulting CM Vijayan on social media.

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“We are not sheep or buffaloes to be purchased”, former Telangana Congress MLAS that merged with TRS deny allegations of being lured

OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2019

Congress MLAs that defected and joined TRS in Telangana deny they were lured by TRS

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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra ‘warns’ Congress workers that she’ll find out which workers were not working wholeheartedly during the elections

OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2019

Priyanka Vadra said that some workers worked from their heart during the elections, some didn't., and she will find out who didn't

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West Bengal Governor calls for all party meet in view of the ongoing post-poll violence in the state

OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2019

The West Bengal police have also been working hands in gloves with the ruling party to torment the BJP workers in Bengal

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Kerala: Communist govt to withdraw award given to cartoonist for mocking rape accused Bishop Franco

OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2019

The Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council spokesperson Varghese Vallikkat, a priest, said the decision to give the award to the cartoon was “highly provocative and objectionable”.

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Massive ‘surprise’! Rahul Gandhi to remain Congress president and not take responsibility for the 2019 Election debacle

OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2019

In a massive "surprise", Rahul Gandhi is set to continue as the Congress President and not take any responsibility for the 2019 Election debacle that saw Congress being wiped out in the Modi wave that gave BJP 303 seats.

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