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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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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BBC says Congress represents India but BJP is only ‘Modi’s’, publishes article by author Zubair Ahmed who calls Hanuman ‘monkey God’, Netizens fume

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2023

After result, handle of the BBC News World wrote, "India's Congress ahead of the Modi's BJP in Karnataka state polls."

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In Karnataka, BJP loses Puttur constituency to Congress: Rebel Sangh and Hindutva leader gets more votes than BJP candidate, but not enough to win

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2023

Rebel Sangh leader Arun Kumar Puthila caused major damage to BJP candidate's vote share in Puttur constituency

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SC may consider a three-month extension to SEBI for concluding its enquiry in the Hindenburg research report

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2023

Mauritius has refuted claims that the Adani Group's Shell companies are present in the Island country, an allegation that Congress has repeatedly used to target the Indian conglomerate

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