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

AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam says Aurangzeb donated land for the Kamakhya Temple, Hindu org files complaint: Details

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2021

AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam has sparked a controversy in Assam after he claimed that Mughal ruler Aurangzeb had donated land for the Maa Kamakhya Temple

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Watch: Video of Hyderabad Congress leader announcing 50 lakh bounty on Wasim Rizvi’s head goes viral after latter reverts to Hinduism

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2021

In the viral video, Hyderabad Congress leader Feroz Khan is heard announcing a Rs 50 lakh bounty for Wasim Rizvi

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Do positive stories, get advertisement: Video shows Mamata Banerjee luring journalists with taxpayer money, asks them to send a copy of paper to DM

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2021

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was heard directing a journalist to fall in line in exchange for government advertisements.

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Won’t be able to marry twice: SP leader asks Muslims to vote against BJP, tells them not to get divided in Allah’s name

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2021

SP leader S T Hasan raised his concerns regarding the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) while addressing the media

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US: Anti-Israel Democrat running for Congress gets fooled by parody account, jumps in to host a fake fundraiser in Gaza

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2021

Known for her anti-Israel activism, the Democrat hoped to join hands with a parody handle claiming to be an 'anti-Zionist' Gaza-based Rabbi to benefit her election campaign.

Opinions

Race of the “useful innocents”: Why BJP can’t be fooled by the ‘opposition cannot unite’ Kabuki

Ganesh R - 6 December, 2021

It is the BJP that has to watch out, not Congress - because the Congress has the "useful innocents" to do their bidding

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Maharashtra: Loksatta editor Girish Kuber faces ink attack at Marathi literary meet in Nashik

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2021

Kuber had made some controversial remarks about Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in his book "Renaissance State: The Unwritten Story of the Making of Maharashtra".

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‘Some kids got angry’: Pakistan Defence Minister finds excuses for the lynching of Sri Lankan man over ‘blasphemy’ allegations

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2021

"They got angry and killed him. This doesn't mean that the (social fabric) of the society has broken," the Pakistani Defence Minister said.

Opinions

Imran Khan fighting blasphemy is Joker protecting Gotham: Here is why Pakistan will remain a hell hole

Nirwa Mehta - 6 December, 2021

The way Joker in Batman wanted to watch the world burn, Pakistan, too wanted to do that till hell came home and their own country started feeling the burn. Which is why it has turned into the hell hole that it is.

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