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.

Crime

Communist leaders shield SFI leader Muhammad Nazeem who assaulted Kerala Traffic Police officers

OpIndia Staff - 30 January, 2019

A group of six SFI members including Nazeem had brutally assaulted the traffic police officers in duty at Palayam, Sarath and Vinayachandran, for questioning the violation of traffic signal.

Crime

Congress leader O M George booked under POCSO for sexually assaulting a minor Adivasi girl for over 2 years

OpIndia Staff - 30 January, 2019

Senior Congress leader from Kerala, Om George, has been booked for alleged sexually assault of a minor 17-year-old Adivasi girl for a period of almost 2 years

News Reports

Rahul Gandhi can’t even manage to make a courtesy call to a cancer patient without lying profusely

OpIndia Staff - 30 January, 2019

Rahul Gandhi has lowered the bar of basic human decency in the current political landscape.

News Reports

Child right body writes to Arvind Kejriwal, says poll campaigns in schools a bad influence on children

OpIndia Staff - 30 January, 2019

NCPCR wrote a letter to Arvind Kejriwal a day after the Delhi CM and his deputy Manish Sisodia campaigned for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) at a school event for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections

News Reports

Telangana: Congress candidate loses Panchayat elections, husband demands bribe money back from voters

OpIndia Staff - 30 January, 2019

The Congress leader and her husband had reportedly paid each voter between Rs 500- 700, in return for the promise of a vote

News Reports

West Bengal: Vehicles used for Amit Shah’s rally in East Midnapore vandalised, BJP holds TMC responsible

OpIndia Staff - 29 January, 2019

Amit Shah while addressing the rally, sneered the TMC chief on various issues

Posters of Rahul Gandhi depicting him as Lord Ram: A sham by a party that questioned the very existence of Lord Ram

Jinit Jain - 29 January, 2019

Congress has a decorated history of exhibiting anti-Hindu tendencies and a mere depiction of Rahul Gandhi as Lord Rama will not wash them off their sins

News Reports

‘If this happens, the entire country will burn’: Muslim petitioner on the Government’s Ram Mandir move

OpIndia Staff - 29 January, 2019

Mehboob also suggested that the move was political. He stated, “The whole world knows about the current position of the BJP, therefore the Modi government took this step.”