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

After being denied permission for rath yatras, BJP to hold padyatras in West Bengal

OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2019

The Supreme court did rule that the party can hold rallies and meetings in the state after providing the government with adequate and timely information about such events

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Sexual exploitation of women, corruption and arrogance: AAP Punjab MLA levelled serious allegations on party leadership

OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2019

Baldev Singh has also called out Kejriwal for "Flirting with the Congress" and has called it 'sheer political opportunism'.

The Compulsive Contrarian and his Manufactured Logic: Arun Jaitley tears into Leftists and Congress

OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2019

Arun Jaitley tears the Leftists and Congress a new one over Rafale, Judge Loya case, CBI and RBI manufactured controversies

Crime

Suspend senior advocate designations of Chidambaram and his wife, journalist J Gopikrishnan writes to CJI

OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2019

The letter also adds the manner in which Chidambaram has managed to secure interim protection from arrest as many as seven times from Judge OP Saini after being present at the bail hearings in his senior advocate gown.

Trolls from Quint, NDTV and The Wire discover a new abyss, celebrate Amit Shah getting swine flu

OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2019

Trolls from NDTV, The Wire and The Quint got together to celebrate and wish death upon Amit Shah after he was diagnosed with Swine Flu

Crime

Local terrorists should be saved, charge sheet against Kashmiri students same ‘mistake’ as Afzal Hanging: Mehbooba Mufti

OpIndia Staff - 16 January, 2019

Sympathising with terrorists and whitewashing of crimes of pro-terrorist stone pelters in the state has been a chosen political tactic of many leaders, including Mufti in the state.

Law

Kapil Sibal, who wants sedition law scraped, never shied away from implementing it when UPA was in power

OpIndia Staff - 16 January, 2019

Interesting that during the ten years of UPA, no Union law minister, including Sibal, thought of abolishing sedition law.

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Mass conversions need to be checked, says Rajnath Singh addressing programme of a Christian body

OpIndia Staff - 16 January, 2019

Home Minister Rajnath Singh said he supports the freedom to follow any religion but was of the opinion that a debate is needed as the mass conversions is a matter of concern for any country.

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