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.

Opinions

How Aatish Taseer, who is playing the victim now, had dragged Vasundhara Raje’s personal life into politics in 2017

Abhishek Banerjee - 13 May, 2019

Aatish Taseer is the man behind TIME magazine’s now-infamous headline describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “Divider in Chief”.

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Amit Shah denied permission to hold Jadavpur rally and land his chopper in Mamata’s West Bengal

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2019

Mamata Banerjee has been trying her best not to let the BJP hold rallies in West Bengal.

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Asked about her stand on Alwar rape cases, Mayawati drags PM Modi’s wife into politics

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2019

Earlier, Mayawati had made a casteist remark against Prime Minister Modi and alleged that he was not an OBC 'by birth'

Media

Pro-AAP fake news peddler blasts EC for removing his video promoting a fake news

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2019

Janta Ka Reporter and its editor Rifat Jawaid have not only been caught peddling fake news about EVMs, again, but have lashed out at the Election Commission and Twitter for removing his video peddling fake news about EVMs.

Social Media

‘Samosa kaisa laga?’ NDTV journalist’s question to Rahul Gandhi goes viral

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2019

The journalist, NDTV's Umashankar Singh, first asks Rahul Gandhi about the samosa and gets a Samosa in his mouth in return. He then keeps following Gandhi through the crowd repeating the question, how did Rahul like his samosa.

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Vilasrao Deshmukh was busy trying to get movie role for his son when Mumbai was under attack: Piyush Goyal

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2019

Addressing the business community in Ludhiana on Sunday, Goyal said that on 26/11, when Mumbai was under attack, the then Maharashtra CM Vilasrao Deshmukh was busy trying to ensure a film role for his son.

News Reports

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge’s crass statement: ‘Will Modi will hang himself if Congress gets more than 40 seats’

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2019

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge has asked whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi hang himself at Vijay Chowk if Congress manages to get more than 40 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Politics

Hindus stopped from casting their votes in Medinipur constituency in West Bengal

OpIndia Staff - 12 May, 2019

As per a Times Now report, voters were intimidated and stopped from casting their votes

Opinions

Will Bengal dare to hope, finally?

alopal - 12 May, 2019

When you have to pray for something as basic as human decency and hope that no life was lost in an exercise in a democracy you know the cause is almost lost

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