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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MP Mahesh Jethmalani asks Jairam Ramesh to come clean on his links to Huawei, a Chinese company banned by several countries for security reasons

OpIndia Staff - 24 January, 2023

Jairam Ramesh has been lobbying for Huawei for decades, Rajya Sabha MP Mahesh Jethmalani asked him to disclose links

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Kerala: Communist groups to screen BBC’s propaganda documentary on PM Modi

OpIndia Staff - 24 January, 2023

CPIM-linked DYFI and SFI have planned to screen the banned propaganda BBC documentary across Kerala.

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‘India is a vibrant democracy, shared values tie us’: US State Department spokesperson rebuffs Pakistani journalist trying to discuss BBC documentary

OpIndia Staff - 24 January, 2023

The Pakistani journalist claimed that the US has compromised on its value by refusing to condemn PM Narendra Modi for the 2002 Gujarat riots.

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Congress-friendly journalist claims Bharat Jodo Yatra is aimed at regime change in India with the help of foreign powers

OpIndia Staff - 23 January, 2023

"Much before September 2022, there had been a growing concern among foreign powers about the possible reincarnation of Nazism in India," Anil Tyagi claimed.

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PM Modi will have same fate Hitler, Mussolini, says Siddaramaiah, ex-Karnataka CM and Congress leader

OpIndia Staff - 23 January, 2023

On Sunday, January 22, Congress senior leader Siddaramaiah, taking a cue from his colleagues, compared PM Narendra Modi to Adolf Hitler

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Himanta Biswa Sarma pulls up Indian Express for taking a dig over Shah Rukh Khan’s 2 AM call

OpIndia Staff - 23 January, 2023

Sarma was responding to an article by Indian Express titled, "Politics | ‘Who is SRK to Shri SRK in only 24 hrs’: Opposition takes digs at Himanta Biswa Sarma".

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Woman manhandled, pushed out from Rajasthan minister Mamta Bhupesh’s residence, video viral

OpIndia Staff - 22 January, 2023

It is notable that Mamta Bhupesh who is also an MLA from Sikrai in Dausa is said to be close to CM Ashok Gehlot.

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‘Some are not over colonial intoxication, consider BBC above SC,’ Kiren Rijiju on documentary on PM Modi

ANI - 22 January, 2023

The Union Minister alleged that they "lower" the country's dignity and image to any extent to "please their moral masters". Taking to Twitter, Rijiju said that minorities in the country are moving ahead positively.

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