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

SC dismisses sacked BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav’s plea challenging EC’s decision to scrap his Varanasi nomination

OpIndia Staff - 9 May, 2019

Supreme Court has dismissed the petition filed by Tej Bahadur Yadav against the EC's decision to scrap his nomination from Varanasi.

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Atishi Marlena accuses Gautam Gambhir of spreading abusive letter against her, Gambhir says Kejriwal got it written

OpIndia Staff - 9 May, 2019

Gautam Gambhir hits out on AAP, alleges Kejriwal of outraging the modesty of a woman to win an elections

Politics

Uttar Pradesh: Congress candidate’s car caught with cash worth 24 lakh in Basti

OpIndia Staff - 9 May, 2019

Cash worth Rs 24 lakh has been seized from Raj Kishore Singh, the Congress candidate in Basti, UP.

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Shiv Sena backs PM Modi’s ‘Bhrashtachari’ remark, says its the price Rahul is paying for insulting Savarkar

OpIndia Staff - 9 May, 2019

Shiv Sena, while defending the Prime Minister for his remark, said the latter has simply "shown him (Rahul) his deeds"

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PM Modi hits out on Mamata Banerjee in Purulia, says infiltrators included in TMC as its cadres will be identified

OpIndia Staff - 9 May, 2019

Modi said Mamata's slap will also be an 'ashirwad' for him as he refers to her as 'Didi'

News Reports

Woman throws slipper at Navjot Singh Sidhu for speaking against Modi at a rally marked by ‘Modi, Modi’ chants

OpIndia Staff - 9 May, 2019

Woman detained by police for throwing slipper at Navjot Singh Sidhu for speaking against Modi

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Mamata Banerjee’s bizarre statement: Lord Rama says ‘Sita Maa, Sita Maa’, BJP chants ‘Ram Naam Satya Hai’ for elections

OpIndia Staff - 9 May, 2019

In a video that has gone viral, Mamata Banerjee can be heard saying, "Ramchandra calls Sita Maiya, and then says, 'Sita Maa, Sita Maa, there are elections in Bharata it seems'."

Fact-Check

After Congress trolls, Ahmed Patel too spreads lies to shift focus from Rajiv Gandhi’s corruption

Sanghamitra - 9 May, 2019

Ahmed Patel is blatantly lying. At the time of Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, Chandrasekhar, not VP Singh was the PM of India, a government that was in power due to Congress' support. India was facing another general election because Rajiv's Congress had decided to withdraw that support.

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