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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Delhi minister Satyendra Jain claims he lost his memory due to covid, cannot recall details pertaining to hawala transactions

OpIndia Staff - 14 June, 2022

When faced with papers pertaining to hawala transactions, Satyendra Jain said he has lost his memory owing to the effect of Covid-19.

Fact-Check

Congress leader tweets fake letter attributed to Amit Shah, deletes it after netizens call her out

OpIndia Staff - 14 June, 2022

The letter shared by Nagma Morarji identified Nupur Sharma as an RSS ideologue who could help achieve the goal of a Hindu Rashtra.

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‘I respect Hinduism a million times more than Islam’: Dutch lawmaker gives ‘befitting reply’ to trolls asking him to condemn Hinduism too

OpIndia Staff - 14 June, 2022

Earlier on Sunday (June 12), Geert Wilders had announced to help the former BJP spokesperson in any way possible.

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‘We want Nupur Sharma beheaded’: Muslim women, students in Kashmir take out protests demanding death for comments on Prophet Muhammad

OpIndia Staff - 14 June, 2022

Videos from Jammu and Kashmir have emerged where women and youth could be seen giving open calls for beheading Nupur Sharma over alleged blasphemy.

World

Sri Lankan Electricity board chief quits after withdrawing his claims on Adani Group deal

OpIndia Staff - 14 June, 2022

The official had written that his claims on Adani deal were wrong and he had become “emotional” due to some questions that made him uneasy.

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‘Mosques and outfits like Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind sheltering rioters, should be shut’: VHP to protest against increasing Islamist violence in India

OpIndia Staff - 14 June, 2022

The Hindu outfit Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) released a press statement on June 14 in which it strongly condemned the rising Islamic violence in India

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Youth Congress workers charged with attempt to murder for in-flight protest against Kerala CM, here is what happened

OpIndia Staff - 14 June, 2022

Three members of the Kerala Youth Congress have been charged with attempt to murder under IPC Section 307.

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Bombay HC pulls up Maha Govt for keeping a student in jail for a social media post that did not even name NCP Chief...

OpIndia Staff - 14 June, 2022

Bombay High Court pulls up Maha Govt over the arrest of a student for the alleged post against NCP Chief Pawar. The court noted that the post did not even name Pawar.

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