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.

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Hail Mary pass: The stained ghosts of Niira Radia resurrected by the Congress ecosystem

Jinit Jain - 19 January, 2019

The Radia tapes scandal brought to the fore the shenanigans employed by political parties and their ‘pliable’ journalists

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‘This Gathabandhan is not only against Modi but the country’: Highlights from PM Modi’s speech at Silvassa

OpIndia Staff - 19 January, 2019

Attacking the opposition rally taking place in Kolkata, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Silvassa said that the opposition leaders have gathered in Kolkata crying for help

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Facts, No Fiction: Rahul Gandhi, the rightful heir to Indira’s legacy of Emergency

Karan - 19 January, 2019

Rahul Gandhi has over the last couple of months demonstrated that at the end of the day, he is the rightful heir to the legacy of the family and to be more specific, to the legacy of Emergency

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PM Modi inaugurates K-9 Vajra manufacturing facility in Hazira, Howitzer riding images go viral

OpIndia Staff - 19 January, 2019

PM Modi inaugurated India's first manufacturing facility for self-propelled K9-Vajra.

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Here are Arun Shourie’s views on Ambedkar, does Jignesh Mevani support them?

K Bhattacharjee - 19 January, 2019

Arun Shourie was one of the attendees at the United India rally organized by the Trinamool Congress at Kolkata. The event was also attended by Jignes Mevani, a Dalit 'leader'.

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Freudian slip: Embarrassment for ‘united opposition’ at Kolkata rally as Sharad Yadav talks about the Bofors loot

OpIndia Staff - 19 January, 2019

At the United India opposition rally in Kolkata, Sharad Yadav said that Bofors was daylight robbery and that while our soldiers laid their lives down at the border, the ruling dispensation had robbed and stole in the Bofors case

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‘United India’ rally: A heady mix of comical contradictions

K Bhattacharjee - 19 January, 2019

On Saturday, Kolkata was witness to the 'United India' rally by Opposition parties at Kolkata organized by the Trinamool Congress

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How Mr X turned from being a die-hard Modi fan to a thorough Modi hater overnight

Anant Chetan - 19 January, 2019

Every time PM Modi and his party would do something Mr X would oppose it but will pretend as if he supported the last action.

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Arvind Kejriwal govt delays in giving sanction to prosecute ‘tukde tukde gang’, Court rejects chargesheet till approval given

OpIndia Staff - 19 January, 2019

The court has questioned the Delhi police as to why the chargesheet in the JNU sedition case against Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and others was filed without proper sanction from the Delhi government led by Arvind Kejriwal

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