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

Appeasement politics had endangered India’s cultural and spiritual glory, we got it admired at the global level: PM Modi in Ayodhya

OpIndia Staff - 1 May, 2019

PM Modi today addressed an election rally at Gosainganj in Sri Ayodhya district which votes under the Ambedkar Nagar constituency.

Political History of India

Nehru at Kumbh, 1954: When Congress govt burnt bodies, lied about casualties and called a journalist collecting evidence ‘ba***rd’

OpIndia Staff - 1 May, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking at Ayodhya today spoke about the ghastly stampede of 1954 where a 1000 devotees lost their lives.

Opinions

Here is how Indian ‘liberal’ propaganda over ‘intolerance’ might have caused 100s of deaths in Sri Lanka

Abhishek Banerjee - 1 May, 2019

Hundreds of innocents have lost their lives in bombings in Sri Lanka. And the global slander campaign against India could have led Sri Lankan officials to view Indian intelligence reports with suspicion.

News Reports

Nomination of mahagathbandhan candidate Tej Bahadur Yadav, who was jailed and sacked from BSF, cancelled

OpIndia Staff - 1 May, 2019

As Tej Bahadur was dismissed from BSF in 2017, his candidature was invalid as per Representation of the People Act, 1951

Social Media

Ex-NDTV CEO Vikram Chandra poses with a Modi lookalike in Varanasi, gets roasted

OpIndia Staff - 1 May, 2019

Earlier Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani were seen posing with Modi lookalikes

Politics

BJP MP sends Rahul Gandhi a legal notice over his lie that ‘Modi govt passed law allowing shooting down of Adivasis’

OpIndia Staff - 1 May, 2019

BJP has served Rahul Gandhi with a legal notice for saying that Narendra Modi has passed a law in which a provision has been added that allows shooting down of Tribals

Crime

After India and Bangladesh’ crackdown, Sri Lankan cable operators block Islamist preacher Zakir Naik’s Peace TV

OpIndia Staff - 1 May, 2019

The controversial Islamic preacher, Naik is being probed by Indian agencies since 2016.

Politics

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra admits that Congress has put up candidates to ‘cut votes’ of BJP in Uttar Pradesh

OpIndia Staff - 1 May, 2019

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that in those seats where Congress is strong, Congress will win, and in others where Congress is weak, the candidates have been selected to ensure that they 'cut votes' of BJP.

News Reports