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.

Politics

Mamata Banerjee to fight 2024 General Elections from UP, snubs Congress again

OpIndia Staff - 2 February, 2022

In the 2021 West Bengal state assembly elections, Mamata Banerjee had lost Nandigram seat to BJP's Suvendu Adhikari, who had left the TMC and joined the BJP earlier.

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Uttar Pradesh: SP MLA Rafiq Ansari accuses BJP of spreading ‘Hindu gardi’, says Yogi govt tried to suppress Muslims

OpIndia Staff - 2 February, 2022

SP MLA from Meerut, Rafiq Ansari, has said that the BJP govt has unrolled 'Hindu gardi' in the last five years

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Uttarakhand: Congress leader Harish Rawat promises to open a Muslim University if elected as the Chief Minister

OpIndia Staff - 2 February, 2022

Uttarakhand Congress leader Aqeel Ahmed said that Harish Rawat has promised to build a Muslim University if elected to power

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‘How can Mathura-Vrindavan be left behind?’ Yogi Adityanath says ahead of visiting Krishna Janmabhoomi

OpIndia Staff - 2 February, 2022

Mathura is the birth place of Shree Krishna and known as the Krishna Janmabhoomi. Right next to the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple is the Mughal era Shahi Eidgah mosque.

Opinions

The more you panic and more noise you make, you will sink faster: The Modi juggernaut and the quicksand that opposition is in

Virender Kapoor - 1 February, 2022

In the last few years with BJP forming the government twice over at the centre and also ruling many states the opposition is dealing with a slippery phenomenon

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Uttar Pradesh: Ink thrown at Kanhaiya Kumar inside Congress party office in Lucknow, party leaders claim it was ‘acid’

OpIndia Staff - 1 February, 2022

Ink was thrown at Kanhaiya Kumar by a youth inside Congress Party office in Lucknow on Tuesday.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s YouTube channel subscribers cross 1 crore mark

OpIndia Staff - 1 February, 2022

Rahul Gandhi has little over 5 lakh subscribers on YouTube, about 5% of PM Modi

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Budget 2022: Govt plans to reimagine our cities as ‘centres of sustainable living’, pushes for urban planning

OpIndia Staff - 1 February, 2022

Earlier during Modi Government 1.0, the government had announced the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) to facilitate Urban Transformation along with the Smart Cities Programme in 2015.

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