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

Mother of RG Kar Hospital rape and murder victim to contest West Bengal assembly election on BJP ticket, party nominates her from Panihati seat

OpIndia Staff -
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has nominated Ratna Debnath, mother of the victim in the 2024 RG Kar Medical College rape and murder case,...
Opinions

Bangladesh PM’s Genocide Day statement calling Pakistan’s 1971 Operation Searchlight a “pre-planned massacre” signals reversal of Yunus govt’s policy of rewriting history: Read how

Raju Das -
Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman signals reversal of Yunus govt’s policy of forgetting Pakistan’s 1971 atrocities by calling Operation Searchlight a “pre-planned massacre”
Government and Policy

Election Commission removes seven CAPF personnel from election duty in West Bengal for breaching code of conduct by attending Iftar party

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The EC is using the incident as an example to train the CAPF personnel.
News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Female member of actor Vijay’s TVK accuses a party leader of defrauding her of ₹26 lakh, complaint filed

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Balaji said that he was threatened and asked not to reveal anything before the media.
News Reports

From piggybacking on Congress, Left and TMC to supporting radical Islamic parties: How decades of appeasement and demographic shift in West Bengal are changing...

OpIndia Staff -
Since 2021, West Bengal has been witnessing a new trend. It appears as if Mamata's open favouritism, preferential treatment and brazen appeasement have fallen short to placate the radical ideas of the Muslim community. As such, there is a growing interest in new and emerging parties whose ideology is 'political Islam.'
News Reports

Rajasthan Muslim groups urge Congress to nominate Delhi Riots accused Umar Khalid to the Rajya Sabha: A closer look at his anti-Hindu riots links

Shraddha Pandey -
On 23rd March, Muslim organisations presented a joint representation to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, advocating Umar Khalid’s candidature, arguing that it would showcase the party’s commitment to ‘civil rights’ and address the issue of a lack of sufficient Muslim representation from Rajasthan in the Rajya Sabha.
Editor's picks

Politics above national interest: Rahul Gandhi says he won’t attend all party meeting on the West Asia war because he would be busy politicking...

OpIndia Staff -
"PM Modi will do whatever America says and will not work in the interest of the farmers and the country," Rahul Gandhi stated.
Editor's picks

ECI adjudicates cases of 29 lakh ‘doubtful voters’ out of 60 lakh, publishes 1st supplementary voter list ahead of West Bengal election: Read about...

OpIndia Staff -
As per the directives of the Supreme Court, the Election Commission is mandated to publish the supplementary voters' list to ensure the accuracy of the electoral rolls.
Editor's picks

West Bengal election: AIMIM joins hands with former TMC MLA Humayun Kabir, who gave hate speech against Hindus and laid foundation of ‘Babri Masjid’

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Humayun Kabir had previously held talks for seat-sharing with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Indian Secular Front but failed to reach a consensus.
News Reports

‘This law is against Sharia, we do not accept it’: AIMIM workers create ruckus over UCC outside Ahmedabad’s Jama Masjid on Eid

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Hours after a draft report was submitted by the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) committee to Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, the AIMIM staged a protest...
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