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.

Rahul Gandhi declares war against India, says ‘we are fighting Indian state itself’ while attacking BJP and RSS

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2025

Gandhi stated that the Congress party was not fighting against the BJP and the RSS, but was fighting against the Indian complete state itself.

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Anti-Hindu Delhi Riots: Delhi HC grants custody parole to UAPA accused Tahir Hussain to file nomination as AIMIM candidate

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2025

However, the Court has granted Tahir Hussain custody parole to allow him to file his nomination papers and participate in campaigning for the upcoming Assembly elections. Hussain, who is contesting from the Mustafabad constituency, has been fielded by the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), led by Asaduddin Owaisi.

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As Samajwadi Party fields Awadhesh Prasad’s son for Milkipur by-elections, here’s how the BJP is planning to avenge the defeat in Ayodhya

अर्पित त्रिपाठी - 14 January, 2025

A by-election will be held in February 2025 on the Milkipur assembly seat vacated by Awadhesh Prasad's victory. Till now this by-election was pending due to a legal tangle as the BJP candidate had filed a petition against Awadhesh Prasad's victory in the assembly on this seat. However, he has withdrawn his plea. After this, the by-election has now been announced.

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Is Congress again pandering only to the Muslim vote bank? Rahul Gandhi to start Delhi election campaign from Muslim-dominated Seelampur

Shraddha Pandey - 13 January, 2025

By picking a Muslim-dominated Seelampur constituency to launch its electoral campaign, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi apparently wants to pander to the Muslim votebank which has gradually drifted towards the other anti-BJP alternative—AAP by catering to the “minority khatre mein hai” narrative and positioning itself as the protector of the community.

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AAP files complaint against BJP over campaign video, demands action claiming bad road in Delhi shown in the video is actually from Haryana

ANI - 12 January, 2025

AAP filed a complaint against the BJP alleging the circulation of a 'false video' depicting Delhi's roads in poor condition, while the roads shown in the video belong to Faridabad, Haryana.

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While AAP is accused of worth crores of corruption, Delhi CM Atishi Marlena asks for donations worth 40 lakhs from people

OpIndia Staff - 12 January, 2025

Delhi CM Atishi Marlena on Sunday launched a crowdfunding campaign for her party ahead of the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections

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Arvind Kejriwal “provoking” and “frightening” slum dwellers: Delhi BJP

ANI - 12 January, 2025

The BJP has even gone as far as calling AAP's governance a threat to Delhi, drawing a parallel to "AAPda" -- a term they say reflects the disruptive impact on the capital under the AAP rule.

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‘Fatima Sheikh’ is not the only lie, Indian history is filled with many such fiction like Breast tax, Aryan Invasion, Mughals building temple, Amarnath...

Siddhi Somani - 11 January, 2025

As Dilip Mandal reveals that Fatima Sheikh was not a real person but a fictional character, a look on many such fictions in Indian history

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R Ashwin’s unsolicited comments on Hindi after retirement sparks outrage: Is he carrying a chip on his shoulder against the Team management?

Jinit Jain - 10 January, 2025

In a recent graduation ceremony in an engineering college in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, R Ashwin stoked a row when he said Hindi is not a national language, but an official language.

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