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

DMK MP A Raja emboldens Rahul Gandhi’s concept of ‘union of states,’ threatens to revive the ‘Separate Tamil Nadu’ movement

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A Raja is the Member of Parliament for the Nilgiris electorate and the DMK's deputy general secretary.
News Reports

Rajasthan: Maulana who threatened to chop hands and gouge eyes for ‘blasphemy’ released on bail within 24 hours of arrest

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Following the gruesome killing of Kanhaiya Lal, the Congress government in Rajasthan was forced to act against the cleric, however he was released after mere 24 hours.
News Reports

Maharashtra: NCP leader Jayant Patil makes casteist remarks on Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal, backtracks after Dy CM Fadnavis objects

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NCP State President Jayant Patil said that despite being a tribal, deputy speaker Narhari Zirwal did a good job
News Reports

Maharashtra: Samajwadi Party, AIMIM abstain as MVA loses speaker post to BJP, Rahul Narwekar becomes the new assembly speaker

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Rahul Narwekar of BJP got 164 votes while Rajan Salvi of Maha Vikas Aghadi got 107 votes. Two MLAs of SP and one MLA of AIMIM abstained.
Opinions

Maharashtra Masterstroke: How BJP shattered dreams of Uddhav Thackeray, defeated Sharad Pawar’s backroom politics

Malhar Pandey -
BJP did the unimaginable by making Eknath Shinde the next CM of Maharashtra, which can be called a masterstroke
News Reports

Taliban spokesperson supports observations of Supreme Court judges, demands that Nupur Sharma should be hanged

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Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid posted a tweet quoting the comments of Supreme Court judges on Nupur Sharma
Politics

Jihadi in saffron clothing: Why Liberals are more than happy to peddle the “Kanhaiya killer was a BJP member” conspiracy theory

Nupur J Sharma -
It has only been days since Jihadis brutally beheaded Kanhaiya Lal, a shopkeeper in Rajasthan, for extending support to Nupur Sharma.
News Reports

Raj Thackeray congratulates Devendra Fadnavis, lauds him for putting the party first, and asks other politicians to emulate him

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Raj Thackeray wrote a letter to BJP leader and Maharashtra's new Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to congratulate him for forming a government with Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde.
News Reports

Bihar: RJD MLA Saud Alam refuses to stand up for Vande Mataram in the assembly, says ‘India is not a Hindu nation’

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RJD MLA Saud Alam refused to stand up for Vande Mataram in assembly saying it is a Hindu song and India is not Hindu nation
News Reports

Once a mistake, twice a pattern, thrice a habit: Rahul Gandhi again avoids sharing images of Hindu Gods as he extends wishes on Rath...

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Just a bow and arrow on Ram Navami, a peacock feather on Janmashtami, empty chariots on Rath Yatra: Rahul Gandhi avoids sharing the images of Hindu Gods while wishing on Hindu festivals.
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