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

Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu tests covid positive after he attends Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra

OpIndia Staff - 21 December, 2022

Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu was going to meet PM Modi in Delhi. Now the meeting is postponed.

News Reports

US allots $200 million for gender equity and equality programs in Pakistan, 20 times increase from $10 million given in 2020

OpIndia Staff - 21 December, 2022

Despite giving such huge aid to Pakistan, everything the US gets in return is a protest for disrespecting Islam.

Politics

AAP’s Gujarat chief Gopal Italia tweets that he has been arrested by the BJP govt in Gujarat. Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff - 20 December, 2022

Gopal Italia claimed that the arrest took place at a time when his family was mourning his grandmother's death.

World

Purported audio clip of ‘phone sex’ by ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan where he claims to be humping like a camel goes viral

OpIndia Staff - 20 December, 2022

Imran Khan was allegedly heard talking about the 'pleasure points' of the woman, and his 'penetration skills'.

Politics

As AAP pushes for life imprisonment or ‘more’ for blasphemy, here is how they are making things worse

Nirwa Mehta - 20 December, 2022

This stricter laws on blasphemy is only a sure shot way to increase and encourage lynchings and justify it by 'sacrilege' or 'blasphemy'.

News Reports

Bharat Jodo Yatra is to be paused during Christmas and New Year, no clarity on where Rahul Gandhi will spend his holiday

OpIndia Staff - 20 December, 2022

Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra to be on 9-day break from December 25 to January 2.

Opinions

While pliant media like The Hindu want to sing praises of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, here is how Rahul Gandhi can’t even accomplish ‘Congress Jodo’

S. Sudhir Kumar - 19 December, 2022

The Congress party lost its deposit in a seat it held multiple times before. When the campaigning was peaking up for this seat, Rahul Gandhi was in Telangana as part of his Bharat Jodo Yatra.

News Reports