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

‘Nupur Sharma is daughter of India’: Hindu seers support the former BJP spokesperson, 16 resolutions passed in Dharma Parishad at Kashi

OpIndia Staff - 11 June, 2022

Hindu seers attending Dharma Parishad at Kashi said that India is run by constitution and not by Sharia, and supported Nupur Sharma

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Members of women’s journalist body IWPC distance themselves from statement supporting Saba Naqvi, say it was issued without any consultation

OpIndia Staff - 11 June, 2022

Several woman journalists, who are members of IWPC, said they don't endorse statement supporting Saba Nazvi

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Journalists try to prove AIMIM MP Imtiyaz Jaleel demanding death penalty for Nupur Sharma is ‘fake news’, end up proving themselves as rumour-mongers

OpIndia Staff - 11 June, 2022

A raft of liberals peddled fake news that AIMIM MP Imtiyaz Jaleel was misquoted by ANI in claiming he demanded Nupur Sharma be hanged.

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‘Islam is a religion of peace, we demand that Nupur Sharma should be hanged’: AIMIM MP and former NDTV journalist Imtiyaz Jaleel

OpIndia Staff - 10 June, 2022

AIMIM MP Imtiyaz Jaleel said, "Islam is a religion of peace. People are angry. We too demand that Nupur Sharma should be hanged."

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‘Only objective of news channels is to mock and insult Islam and Muslims’: AIMPLB appeals Islamic clerics and scholars to not appear in TV...

OpIndia Staff - 10 June, 2022

All India Muslim Personal Law Board has issued an appeal to Islamic scholars and clerics to refrain from appearing in TV debates

Opinions

When the State weakens, men become monsters: How long do we have till effigies turn real?

Sanghamitra - 10 June, 2022

The effigy is not real, not an actual person. But while we stare at it, thousands of people are running wild all over India, declaring that they want the real Nupur Sharma hanged, beheaded and brutalised.

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Will Arif Mohammerd Khan be the NDA’s presidential candidate? Know why the Kerala governor is favourite of many

Suyash - 10 June, 2022

It is being speculated that BJP may nominate Arif Mohammad Khan as the president as damage control after backlash by Muslim countries

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‘Shiv Sena gets backing from Nizam’s successors, its Hindutva is a sham’, MNS slams MVA for taking AIMIM’s support during the Rajya Sabha elections

OpIndia Staff - 10 June, 2022

MNS spokesperson Gajanan Kale said, "So, finally the people of Maharashtra know the secret. AIMIM is the B team of the Maha Vikas Aghadi."

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AIMIM supports Shiv Sena candidates for Rajya Sabha elections, puts conditions including increasing income of Waqf Board and Muslim reservation

OpIndia Staff - 10 June, 2022

Imtiaz Jaleel pointed out that the Islamic party's difference with Shiv Sena will continue to exist, despite its support for the Maha Vikas Aghadi government.

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