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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With Congress’ victory in Karnataka, here is what might happen on issues of Muslim reservation, PFI ban, Bajrang Dal and Hijab: What lies ahead...

Gopal Tiwari - 13 May, 2023

If Bajrang Dal is banned in Karnataka during the Congress rule, Hindus in the state must find an equally effective way to stop cow slaughter and smuggling, fight love jihad, intercept forced conversions, and protect Hindu processions from stone pelting.

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Karnataka: 15 of 16 SDPI candidates lose deposit, they had previously declared to not field 100 candidates to help Congress: Sedition, murder accused and more

Jhankar Mohta - 13 May, 2023

Out of the 16 SDPI candidates who contested the 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections, 15 had to forfeit their deposits

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AAP and Communist parties lose deposit in Karnataka elections, while AAP increases vote share, Communists slip further: Details

Anurag - 13 May, 2023

AAP had lost deposits on all 28 seats it contested in 2018 elections. In 2023 elections, it contested on 209 seats and lost deposits again.

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Dhirendra Krishna Shastri reaches Patna amidst shadow of a terror alert ahead of Bageshwar Dham’s program in Bihar

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2023

Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, the incumbent peethadhishwar of Bageshwar Dham received a grand welcome when he reached Patna, Bihar on Saturday, May 13.

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As the Congress-JDS alliance becomes redundant, here is a throwback to the time when HD Kumaraswamy described it as ‘swallowing poison’

Dibakar Dutta - 13 May, 2023

HD Kumaraswamy, who has already conceded that JD(S) is now too small a party to impact the outcome of Karnataka elections, does not need to 'swallow poison' anymore by allying with Congress this time.

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RJD Chief Lalu Yadav steps out of his Patna home for the first time, wears skull cap, a green chadar and prays at Mazar:...

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2023

On Friday, May 12, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav visited a Mazar near Patna High Court

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Karnataka election result: Dozen cabinet ministers including CM Bommai win, 11 ministers face defeat as BJP loses the only southern state it ruled

ANI - 13 May, 2023

BJP has now lost the only Southern State it ruled.- Karnataka - as the results clearly indicated Congress coming back to power

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Congress is set to win Karnataka comfortably, but it has its next battle on its hands: Who will be CM, Siddaramaiah vs DK Shivakumar

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2023

Former chief minister Siddharamaiah and the Karnataka State Congress president DK Shivakumar are two prominent aspirants in the party for the coveted CM post.

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Despite scoring a big fat zero in UP mayor polls, Akhilesh Yadav uses Karnataka to drown his sorrows and Netizens can’t stop laughing

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2023

Despite scoring a big fat zero in the UP civic body polls, Akhilesh Yadav instead of introspecting, descended on Twitter to target BJP over the Karnataka poll results

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