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

Tamil Nadu: BJP makes significant gains in local body polls, wins big in Kanyakumari

OpIndia Staff - 22 February, 2022

In at least 5 wards in Chennai, BJP is in the second place after DMK by beating its assembly ally AIADMK.

News Reports

‘RSS organising Hindu society to make country strong’: Karnataka Assembly Speaker lashes out at the opposition for raising anti-RSS slogans

OpIndia Staff - 22 February, 2022

Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri said RSS is uniting Hindu society and he would not allow anti-RSS slogans in the house

Social Media

Amidst ongoing UP polls, rumours emerge SP chief Akhilesh Yadav is fleeing to London on 11th March, a day after result

OpIndia Staff - 22 February, 2022

Samajwadi Party has neither confirmed nor refuted the rumours of Akhilesh Yadav fleeing India a day after UP poll results.

News Reports

Meet the ‘experts’ behind the UNHRC statement supporting donation fraud accused WaPo columnist and accusing India of ‘harassing’ her

OpIndia Staff - 22 February, 2022

Meet the so-called 'experts' at UN CHR who came in support of alleged journalist Rana Ayyub and accused India of 'harassing' her.

News Reports

Swapna Suresh, main accused in Kerala gold smuggling case joins NGO, assumes charge as Director, women empowerment & CSR

OpIndia Staff - 22 February, 2022

Swapna Suresh' employment has snowballed into a political controversy after some people claimed that the NGO HRDS India is backed by RSS.

News Reports

Karnataka govt must ban SDPI and KFD: BJP MP Pratap Simha furious over the repeated killing of party Karyakartas

OpIndia Staff - 22 February, 2022

"The encounter which happened in Hyderabad after the infamous rape case must be repeated here, else they will not understand," Simha emphasised.

News Reports

FIR against Sonu Sood for violation of poll code after being restricted by EC from visiting polling booths in Punjab’s Moga: Details

OpIndia Staff - 21 February, 2022

The Punjab Police has registered a case against Sonu Sood under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code which encloses disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant

News Reports

‘Pass time’: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra dismisses grave concerns raised by PM Modi about Congress sympathising with terrorists

OpIndia Staff - 21 February, 2022

"Yeh fizool ki baatein, Atankwaadi yeh Woh..kya fizool ki baatein hai yeh!?" Priyanka Gandhi dismisses PM Modi's terror-sympathizer allegation on Congress

Opinions