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

Karnataka: Congress minister in a resort and an audio clip sparks speculations about stability of govt

OpIndia Staff - 4 December, 2018

An audio-clip containing a conversation between an associate of BJP leader B Sriramulu and a Dubai-based businessman allegedly trying to get few Congress- JDS MLAs to switch sides to BJP.

News Reports

Bihar BJP accuses JD(U) leader Prashant Kishor of interfering in Patna University polls

OpIndia Staff - 3 December, 2018

After joining JD(U), Prashant Kishor was made national vice president within a month

Crime

National Herald Case: ED attaches properties worth Rs.30 crore allocated by former Haryana CM Hooda

OpIndia Staff - 3 December, 2018

The charge sheet says that the re-allotment of the Panchkula land to AJL was a gross abuse of power by Hooda.

Crime

Rajasthan: Congress MLA accused of harassment and stalking a woman, FIR filed

OpIndia Staff - 3 December, 2018

In a video that has gone viral on social media, a woman has accused the Nawalgarh MLA of sexually harassing her.

News Reports

Rahul Gandhi calls AIMIM BJP C team, Owaisi says ‘B team of Hindutva’ ‘janeudhaari’ thinks of others as ‘impure mlecchas’

OpIndia Staff - 3 December, 2018

Once allies, the difference between Congress and AIMIM has further increased during the ongoing assembly elections

News Reports

AAP leader Manish Sisodia’s brainwave on Ram Mandir issue: “Build university instead”

OpIndia Staff - 3 December, 2018

One Twitter user asked why the Delhi government not using the hajj house funds to build universities instead.

Tharoor’s defence of janeu dhaari, tilak brandishing Rahul is… well, Rahul (the adjective it has come to be)

अजीत भारती - 3 December, 2018

Dear Shashi Tharoor, you come across as a person 'suffering' from sesquipedalianism, whose words are devoid of any actual comprehensible meaning when it is tried to be put in context

News Reports

‘Remove police for 15 minutes’ fame Akbaruddin Owaisi mimics PM Modi, tells him to behave like a ‘real wazir-e-azam’

OpIndia Staff - 3 December, 2018

Reacting to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's earlier statements, Akbaruddin Owaisi mocked his saffron-clad attire and said the next 1000 generations of Owaisi will stay in this country.