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.

News Reports

TMC workers spray perfume on EVM button, smell voters’ fingers to verify whether they voted for the party

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2019

According to Anandabazar Patrika, TMC workers sprayed perfume on EVM button and were sniffing fingers of voters to check if they voted for TMC

Opinions

Here is why the fourth phase of 2019 election is the most critical for PM Modi and BJP

K Bhattacharjee - 29 April, 2019

Overall, the NDA needs to win a minimum of 50 seats in the fourth phase of the elections if it wishes to retain its possibility of securing a majority in the Lok Sabha.

News Reports

Rahul Gandhi has nothing to add on contempt of court case, submits copy of first affidavit as counter affidavit in SC

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2019

Rahul Gandhi submits second affidavit in the contempt of court case, which is a copy of the first affidavit

Politics

Political party that claims to be a ‘Kashmiri Pandit’ party floated to fight assembly polls for the first time

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2019

Political party floated that claims to represent the cause of Kashmiri Pandits

Politics

’40 of your MLAs are in contact with me,’ PM Modi warns Mamata Banerjee of saffron surge in West Bengal

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also took a dig at the West Bengal Chief Minister's bizarre comment that she will send him sweets made of mud and pebbles to break his teeth

Opinions

The opposition has lost its sanity, and India must remember the journey of reform in the last 5 years before casting their vote

Karan - 29 April, 2019

Your one vote has the power to change the trajectory of an entire nation- we did in 2014 and we can repeat it in 2019.

Politics

Navjot Singh Sidhu’s rant: Asks PM Modi to learn nationalism from Sonia Gandhi, says will quit politics if Rahul loses Amethi

Jhankar Mohta - 29 April, 2019

Navjot Singh Sidhu said that people should learn nationalism from UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who is the sitting MP from Rae Bareli

Political Fact-Check

Congress IT cell head Divya Spandana caught sharing morphed image of Hitler to compare him with Narendra Modi

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2019

There have been rumours and speculations floating around that Divya may be on her way out as the Congress IT cell head

News Reports

West Bengal turns into a battle zone: Clashes between central forces and villagers in Dubrajpur

OpIndia Staff - 29 April, 2019

In what appears to be the gravest of escalations, central forces were attacked during the process, ABP Ananda has reported. The incident reportedly happened at Dubrajpur.

Politics