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

‘Brazenly anti-national’: Union Minister Kishan Reddy slams Congress for backing USCIRF call to ban RSS, R&AW

OpIndia Staff - 17 March, 2026

Reddy stated, "The tweet shows that Rahul Gandhi is no longer working within the framework of the Indian constitution."

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Odisha Congress seeks disqualification of own MLAs, targets Sofia Firdous again over Rajya Sabha polls: How the Party has been alienating the State’s first...

Divya Bharti - 17 March, 2026

The Odisha Congress has moved to disqualify three MLAs, including rising star Sofia Firdous, for cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha polls. The move follows their defiance of a party whip, which led to a victory for BJP-backed candidate Dilip Ray.

Minister Zameer in Karnataka Assembly: No Hindu temple has encroached upon any Waqf land, over 17,000 acres have been grabbed by Muslims themselves

OpIndia Staff - 17 March, 2026

"The encroachments were not by temple managements, most are by the Muslim community," Zameer informed the Karnataka assembly.

BJP releases list of 144 candidates for upcoming Bengal elections, Suvendu Adhikari, Dilip Ghosh and ex-cricketer Ashok Dinda in fray

OpIndia Staff - 16 March, 2026

For the unversed, polls in West Bengal will be conducted in two phases on 23rd April and 29th April for a total of 294 seats. The party, which will secure 148 seats, will form the government in West Bengal.

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Rajya Sabha elections 2026: Polling underway for 34 seats, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and BJP President Nitin Nabin in the fray

OpIndia Staff - 16 March, 2026

Voting for the 2026 Rajya Sabha biennial elections began today for 37 seats in 10 states.

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PM Modi lauds Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla’s impartiality and commitment to parliamentary traditions, congratulates parliament for decisive rejection of no-confidence motion

OpIndia Staff - 15 March, 2026

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a letter lauding his impartiality and commitment to parliamentary traditions, following the...

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Arvind Kejriwal moves the Supreme Court after the Chief Justice of Delhi HC rejected his plea to change the judge hearing the excise policy...

OpIndia Staff - 15 March, 2026

Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal has filed a petition in the Supreme Court under Article 32 of...

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ECI announces assembly election dates in April, West Bengal gets 2-phase polls while Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry to have single-phase polls

OpIndia Staff - 15 March, 2026

The Election Commission has scheduled Assembly elections for Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Puducherry in April 2026.

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Protest in Gujarat’s Kheda over housing project for Muslims in Matar taluka: Here’s what local Hindus are saying

ભાર્ગવ રાજ્યગુરુ - 15 March, 2026

The Hindu organisation suspects that this scheme has been implemented to provide permanent residence to Bangladeshi infiltrators who were evicted from Chandola Lake in Ahmedabad.

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