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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“AAP neck deep into corruption”: Delhi Minister with 7 portfolios Raaj Kumar Anand resigns from Kejriwal cabinet and quits AAP

OpIndia Staff - 10 April, 2024

While announcing his resignation from Delhi govt minisrty and quitting AAP, Raaj Kumar Anand said, "The party has become embroiled in corruption, now I cannot stay in this party."

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“It is astounding”: Calcutta HC bars West Bengal police from arresting NIA officials in Bhupatinagar case, slams police for adding baseless charges

OpIndia Staff - 10 April, 2024

Calcutta High Court stopped the West Bengal Police from detaining NIA officials in a case booked for allegedly violating women's modesty

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‘IQ test’: Tejashwi Yadav gives bizarre explanation after BJP hounds him for posting fish-eating video during Navratri fasting

OpIndia Staff - 10 April, 2024

Tejashwi Yadav was seen dining on fish and Roti alongside Mukesh Sahni, the chief of the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), aboard a helicopter.

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‘DMK and Congress deceived not only fishermen but also the entire nation’: PM Narendra Modi raises Katchatheevu island issue in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore

OpIndia Staff - 10 April, 2024

Modi said, "The DMK party has 'earned' the 'first copyright' on corruption. It has been badly looting the state of Tamil Nadu."

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Tamil Nadu: Fortune teller arrested after parrot predicts victory for PMK candidate from Cuddalore

OpIndia Staff - 10 April, 2024

The forest officials said that the fortune teller would be let off with a warning and a penalty

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‘Will work for farmers, women’: Vidhya Rani, daughter of sandalwood mafia Veerappan campaigns to contest LS polls from Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu

OpIndia Staff - 10 April, 2024

Vidhya, who will face Congress candidate K Gopinath, C Narasimhan (BJP), and V Jayaprakash (AIADMK) in the April 19 Lok Sabha elections, said her campaign promises would include pushing for a railway station in Krishnagiri, better health facilities, and ensuring basic amenities for hilly residents.

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Muslim clerics maintain strategic silence on suggesting voting preferences to the community, want to avoid polarisation of Hindu votes: Report

OpIndia Staff - 10 April, 2024

This 'strategic' silence about political parties is hailed as a 'political maturity' because the Muslim clergy fears that if they openly support any non-BJP party or alliance, the Hindu votes will consolidate for the BJP automatically.

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Telangana: Congress decides not to field a candidate against Asaduddin Owaisi in Hyderabad after months of calling AIMIM as BJP’s B team

OpIndia Staff - 10 April, 2024

Speaking to TIme Now TPCC General Secretary said AIMIM and Congress have a pact that the grand old party will not field any candidate against Asaduddin Owaisi.

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Anti-Hindu Delhi Riots: Umar Khalid was in touch with Swara Bhaskar, Sushant Singh, Alt News, Pooja Bhatt, set false narrative on social media and...

OpIndia Staff - 9 April, 2024

The prosecution played an interview of Umar Khalid's father with The Wire's Arfa Kanum Sherwani to show how he was lying and creating a false narrative.

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