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

‘Virat Hindu’ Subramanian Swamy reveals he met Mamata Banerjee, who had declared ‘jihad’ against BJP, to discuss 2024 LS elections, says she should be...

OpIndia Staff - 10 May, 2023

Swamy further asserted that “Mamata Banerjee is the only woman leader who has the guts to stand up,” in response to a question regarding who he thinks is the most powerful woman leader in India.

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Howrah: Screening of ‘The Kerala Story’ disrupted, BJP accuses West Bengal police of attacking moviegoers

OpIndia Staff - 9 May, 2023

On May 8, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee banned the movie ‘The Kerala Story' in West Bengal, citing the need to maintain ‘peace’ in the State.

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Vivek Agnihotri sends legal notice to Mamata Banerjee for defaming ‘The Kashmir Files’. Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff - 9 May, 2023

Mamata Banerjee had suggested that movie makers had no qualms about making 'The Kashmir Files' and supposedly ‘condemning’ Kashmiri people.

Politics

Why are they standing up for such terrorists: Union Minister Anurag Thakur asks as West Bengal bans ‘The Kerala Story’ film about ISIS indoctrination

ANI - 8 May, 2023

West Bengal has become the first state to ban The Kerala Story, which narrates the ordeal of three women who are trafficked to ISIS camps after being converted to Islam through marriage.

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Mamata Banerjee says Kashmir Files and Kerala Story are propaganda against ‘one side’ even as they depict threats posed by Islamic terrorism

OpIndia Staff - 8 May, 2023

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee dubbed 'The Kerala Story', a movie based on ISIS brides, as propaganda against 'one side'.

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Mamata Banerjee bans The Kerala Files (sic) to maintain ‘peace’ in Bengal weeks after she had asked Hindus to stay away from Muslim areas...

OpIndia Staff - 8 May, 2023

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee banned the movie 'The Kerala Files' in West Bengal, citing the need to maintain 'peace' in the State.

Opinions

New secretariat building, why it was built, why KCR did not enter the old one for 8 long years and why it is not...

S. Sudhir Kumar - 8 May, 2023

KCR recently inaugurated Telangana’s new secretariat building. A news handle of his son KTR, which goes by KTR_news (and has nearly 6 lakh followers) claimed that no other state built a new secretariat

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A compilation of opinion polls ahead of 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections: Recent two give BJP the edge, overall, opinion polls show mixed results

Jhankar Mohta - 8 May, 2023

The Legislative Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in Karnataka on May 10 2023 to elect all 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly

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