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.

Dear peaceniks, Hamid Ansari’s release is an eyewash by Pakistan and not a peace gesture

Shashank Bharadwaj - 20 December, 2018

Pakistan did not do a favour by releasing Hamid Ansari, his jail term in Pakistan was over and a court had ordered his deportation to India.

Economy and Finance

Farmer loan waivers tell us why Congress has no agenda

Chitra sharma - 20 December, 2018

Congress had announced a similar farmer loan waiver in 2008 which led it to a victory in the 2009 elections

Former babus and how they help Congress: Simple example of the ‘ecosystem’ PM Modi talked about

Nupur J Sharma - 20 December, 2018

News has emerged that 83 retired IAS officers had penned an open letter demanding the resignation of Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

News Reports

SAD Chief asks Rahul Gandhi to expel Jagdish Tytler and Kamal Nath for their alleged involvement in the 1984 riots

OpIndia Staff - 20 December, 2018

Badal said that the Congress Party has murdered democracy by asking directing officials to work according to the whims and fancies of the party leaders.

News Reports

‘Kejriwal lacks integrity,’ says Prashant Bhushan’s father Advocate Shanti Bhushan, one of initial members of AAP

OpIndia Staff - 20 December, 2018

Earlier, too, Shanti Bhushan had accused Kejriwal of abandoning all principles the party was formed on.

News Reports

BJP sweeps Haryana civic polls, wins all 5 mayor seats

OpIndia Staff - 19 December, 2018

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had personally campaigned in the civic polls.

News Reports

Days after Congress wins Madhya Pradesh, Digvijaya Singh gets his govt bungalow back

OpIndia Staff - 19 December, 2018

Kamal Nath has used his discretionary power to allot former MP Digvijaya Singh his government bungalow back

Government and Policy

NITI Aayog’s vice chairperson slams Rahul Gandhi for his tweet on farm loan waiver

OpIndia Staff - 19 December, 2018

Niti Aayog vice chairperson Rajiv Kumar claimed that the current government has done more for farmers than any other previous government.

News Reports

Case filed against Madhya Pradesh CM and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath for insulting Bihar

OpIndia Staff - 19 December, 2018

The Congress has, in the past, often employed such divisive rhetoric to win elections. The comments made by Kamal Nath is merely the latest in a long series of divisive remarks.

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