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

Indian High Commission appeals to Canadian authorities to stop screening of Hinduphobic film ‘Kaali’

OpIndia Staff -
Showcased as a 'performance documentary', the movie poster instantly drew the ire of the Hindu community for the derogatory representation of the Goddess.
News Reports

Mamata Banerjee defends her ‘jihad against BJP’ comment, says its local language of Bengal: What she said

OpIndia Staff -
After receiving harsh criticism, Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal, defended her recent 'Jihad against BJP' at India Today Conclave East 2022, calling it the state's local language
News Reports

Pratik Sinha issues clarification: After Zubair’s lawyer exposed foreign funding, is Alt News now claiming they lied in court?

OpIndia Staff -
Vrinda Grover had earlier conceded that foreign contributions from Pakistan and Syria, as alleged by the SPP, were received by Alt News and not Zubair.
News Reports

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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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.
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