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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‘The past and present of Amethi’: Rahul Gandhi and Smriti Irani exchange a look outside the Parliament, Netizens speculate what it could mean

OpIndia Staff - 31 January, 2022

Netizens claimed that Smriti Irani took a dig at Rahul Gandhi for the latter's humiliating defeat in his family bastion of Amethi.

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‘I’ll be sad on March 10, when in the evening Munawwar Rana will have to leave UP’: What Dy CM Dinesh Sharma said

OpIndia Staff - 31 January, 2022

UP Dy CM Dinesh Sharma said that it will be disheartening to see Munawwar Rana leave that state on March 10, when poll results are declared and Yogi Adityanath retains his CM's chair

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Anti-Hindu hate speech: Karni Sena files complaint against Owaisi, Chandrashekhar Azad, SP candidate responsible for Kairana exodus and others

OpIndia Staff - 31 January, 2022

Karni Sena has appealed to the Election Commission to bar Owaisi and others from campaigning in the State and further disturbing communal harmony.

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‘I cannot take it anymore’: Mamata Banerjee throws a strange tantrum, blocks Bengal Governor on Twitter

OpIndia Staff - 31 January, 2022

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said during a meeting that she had blocked WB governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Twitter

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Supreme Court agrees to hear plea seeking contempt action against Haryana govt officials for disruption in namaz in Gurgaon

OpIndia Staff - 31 January, 2022

The plea was submitted by former MP Mohammad Adeeb in Supreme Court in December last year. Indira Jaising is appearing for the former MP.

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Protests grow against SilverLine project in Kerala: All you need to know about the project and why locals are angry with Pinarayi Vijayan

OpIndia Staff - 31 January, 2022

In Kerala, mistrust is rising over the LDF Government's ambitious SilverLine High-Speed railway corridor project.

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SP ally SBSP politician threatens journalist Ashok Shrivastav for condemning incident where Akhilesh Yadav bodyguard thrashed another journalist

OpIndia Staff - 31 January, 2022

Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party is an ally of Samajwadi Party in UP Assembly elections 2022

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Punjab: Bank of India writes to ECI, asks to reject the nomination of Congress candidate for defaulting on loan worth Rs 6.35 crores

OpIndia Staff - 31 January, 2022

The Bank Of India has written that Congress candidate from Khadoor Sahib Ramanjeet Sikki is a loan defaulter and hence should not be allowed to file nomination.

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