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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‘Is Matoshree a mosque?’ MNS chief Raj Thackeray hits out at Rana couple for trying to recite Hanuman Chalisa there

OpIndia Staff - 22 May, 2022

Raj Thackeray said, "I wanted to have a darshan of Ram Janambhoomi, but I also wanted to see the place where my karsevaks were killed."

News Reports

Gujarat: Aam Aadmi Party leader arrested with 8 others for obstructing development work in Jamnagar

OpIndia Staff - 22 May, 2022

The Gujarat Police arrested AAP activist Nindresh Mandan Bhochiya for blocking Jetco Company's operations of installing an electricity pole.

World

Australia: Scott Morrison loses national elections, Labor Party’s Anthony Albanese to become the new PM

OpIndia Staff - 21 May, 2022

Albanese had focused his campaign on ending Australia’s 'climate wars', adopting more ambitious emissions targets, and introducing a federal corruption watchdog.

News Reports

“Your security is equivalent to ours”: Turkey pledges support to strengthen Pakistan’s military infrastructure

OpIndia Staff - 21 May, 2022

Turkey president said that he considers Pakistan's security, stability, and prosperity equal to that of Turkey.

Politics

Kerala: Bajrang Dal holds massive “Shourya Rally” in response to Islamist organization PFI’s ‘Save the Republic’ march

OpIndia Staff - 21 May, 2022

Earlier, the Kerala High Court observed that the PFI and the SDPI are extremist organisations, which have not yet been banned in India.

News Reports

What Rahul Gandhi said about Industry, Industrialists and business in London, and how he regurgitated PM Modi’s ideas that he insults and mocks in...

OpIndia Staff - 21 May, 2022

Rahul Gandhi shared his ideas on the economic front, ended up reiterating the same policies and ideas of the Modi government.

News Reports

‘It is confidence, not arrogance’: S Jaishankar hits back at Rahul Gandhi for criticising MEA officials for disagreeing with Europeans

OpIndia Staff - 21 May, 2022

"Its not called Arrogance. It is called Confidence and defending National Interest,” S Jaishankar tweeted responding to Rahul Gandhi's comments

News Reports

TMC leader lied about being Indian, is a Bangladeshi: Read how Court dismissed petition against 2021 election loss, tells EC to take action

Dibakar Dutta - 21 May, 2022

Given that 'dual citizenship' is not valid in India, it means that Alo Rani Sarkar was not an Indian citizen when she contested polls as a TMC candidate.

Law