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

Hubballi riots: Police arrest Maulana Wasim Pathan, AIMIM leader who delivered hate speech standing on police commissioner’s car along with Congress leader

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2022

Maulana Wasim Mobalik, alias Pathan had gone missing after a Muslim mob went on a rampage, pelting at the old Hubli police station, a nearby temple, and a hospital in Hubballi, Karnataka on April 16

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Former Pakistan Minister Fawad Hussain makes sexist jibe at Hina Rabbani Khar, says she is a ‘low IQ woman’ only known for ‘bags and...

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2022

Sharing an old interview of Pakistan minister Hina Rabbani Khar, Fawad Hussain described her as a "low IQ" woman

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits JCB’s new ‘bulldozer’ plant in Gujarat

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2022

Britain's PM Boris Johnson visited the heavy construction machines giant JCB plant in Halol today to inaugurate a bulldozer plant.

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Days after Akbaruddin Owaisi’s acquittal, Asaduddin Owaisi threatens with radicalising South Indians

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2022

After MK Venu said that representation of Southern states will decrease, Asaduddin Owaisi talked about radicalising South Indians

Opinions

Standing on top of 28,000 dead bodies in Bengal, Brinda Karat objects to a bulldozer

Abhishek Banerjee - 21 April, 2022

Communist leader Brinda Karat hitting the streets in Jahangirpuri instead of being at 5-star hotel lobbies was most unprecedent

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Watch: Karnataka Congress MLA slaps a youth after he asks him to repair the roads in his village, refuses to apologise

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2022

A video has gone viral wherein Venkataramanappa, the Congress MLA from Pavagada Tumkur district in Karnataka is seen slapping a youth in full public view.

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AAP associate accuses Satyendra Jain of corruption, harassment, says Jain took Rs 1.15 crore for MCD election ticket and asking for more

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2022

The AAP worker has demanded Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to look into the matter and has said that he will continue to protest until he gets back all his money

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‘Bangladeshi and Rohingya illegal immigrants are cancer to the country’: BJP’s Kapil Mishra asks political parties to unite on the issue

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2022

Kapil Mishra urged all political parties to rise above politics and stand together on the issue of illegal immigrants.

Crime

Gujarat Congress supporter and Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani arrested by Assam police: Read details of the complaint

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2022

Controversial MLA Jignesh Mevani was arrested by Kokrajhar police from Gujarat's Palanpur Circuit House at around 11:30 pm on Wednesday and was later taken to Ahmedabad.

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