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

Maharashtra: BJP fields Lingayat spiritual leader Jai Siddheshwar Shivacharya from Solapur seat

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2019

Maharashtra will vote for Lok Sabha Elections 2019 in 4 Phases. The polling dates for Maharashtra will be on April 11, 18, 23 and 29.

Law

Delhi’s AAP government requests another month’s time for deciding whether to sanction prosecution of the accused in JNU sedition case

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2019

In February this year, the court had come down hard against the AAP government claiming that it is deliberately delaying the process of granting the sanction to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar and others, accused of sedition.

Politics

Party that imposed the Emergency promises ‘Code of Conduct’ for media, while the Lutyens Media keeps firmly shut

K Bhattacharjee - 3 April, 2019

In the Congress manifesto, in a very subtle manner, the party has made it clear that it tends to enforce a crackdown on media should it win the elections this year.

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Congress party’s manifesto promises on repeal of criminal defamation, sedition are ‘nonsense’ and ‘impractical’: Soli Sorabjee

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2019

In the manifesto released by the Congress party, it has promised to omit Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code and make 'defamation' a civil offense.

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J&K Police killed unarmed people for promotions and money in Kashmir: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2019

Ghulam Nabi Azad also accused the J&K Police of carrying out atrocities

Politics

Congress leader P Chidambaram and Rajdeep Sardesai spread misinformation about dilution and withdrawal of AFSPA

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2019

The Congress party in its manifesto, which was released yesterday, promised to amend AFSPA to 'balance' security and human rights.

Law

RSS seeks compensation of Re 1 from Rahul Gandhi and Sitaram Yechury for linking RSS to Gauri Lankesh killing, court issues summons

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2019

Another RSS activist and lawyer, Dhrutiman Joshi has filed a criminal defamation case against Rahul Gandhi and Sitaram Yechury in the Mumbai metropolitan magistrate court.

Politics

Like Congress party itself, their ‘Dhakosla Patra’ is full of corruption and hollow promises: PM Modi in Arunachal Pradesh

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2019

PM Modi reminded the people of the state that to continue the stride of the state on the tracks of development, they have to make sure that they vote the NDA to power again.

On sedition and AFSPA, does Congress want to turn India into JNU campus?

Abhishek Banerjee - 3 April, 2019

The question is where would the Congress get these ideas from for their Manifesto. Why would a party that has governed India for 58 years suddenly be so irresponsible?

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