Politics

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Chandrababu Naidu calls Modi a ‘hardcore extremist’, urges ‘minority brothers’ to not vote for him

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2019

Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu called Prime Minister Modi a 'hardcore extremist' and his appeal to minority communities to not vote for Modi.

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Vivek Oberoi asks Rajdeep Sardesai if his movie is ‘propaganda’, should Rajdeep’s show also be shut down for ‘influencing elections’

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2019

Rajdeep Sardesai, one of the leading faces of the left-leaning Lutyens cabal Media, has openly shown his disdain towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi ever since he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat.

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Watch: SP leader caught telling workers to collect voting slips from people who are not voting and cast fake vote

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2019

Shocking statement asking volunteers to cast fake votes from Samajwadi Party leader in Madhya Pradesh

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Jammu and Kashmir: Government accommodation withdrawn from state Congress chief GA Mir

OpIndia Staff - 3 April, 2019

Mir has also stated that the government is putting the lives of Congress leaders at risk and if any untoward incidents happen it will be solely the government's responsibility.

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Congress Manifesto promises to make National Security Advisor answerable to all politicians

OpIndia Staff - 2 April, 2019

Congress manifesto proposes that the top security official of the country will be answering questions of politicians.

After decades of minority appeasement, Rahul Gandhi raises the stakes as he contests from Hindu minority constituency

K Bhattacharjee - 2 April, 2019

The Congress manifesto is clearly directed towards appeasing the fundamentalist sections of the Muslim community.

Congress’ hollow manifesto and false promises: Rahul Gandhi expects people to drop patriotism and pick up the crumbs he throws at us

Saket Suryesh - 2 April, 2019

Congress has today released its Manifesto for 2019 Elections. It was launched by Rahul Gandhi, the dynast president of the family-run political party.

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TMC leader caught on camera distributing cheques to farmers demanding votes in exchange

OpIndia Staff - 2 April, 2019

The party which is usually quick to take a dig at its political rivals have not come up with any clarifications yet

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Comparing manifestos, 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019: Some promises that Congress made for decades but never fulfilled

OpIndia Staff - 2 April, 2019

Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha, the Congress party on Tuesday has revealed their election manifesto titled "Congress Will Deliver" to fight the incumbent NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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