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

How Congress supporter lied, used wrong RTI response to allege Amit Shah was lying about bomb factories in Bengal

OpIndia Staff - 11 March, 2021

Saket Gokhale used MHA reply to his RTI query on Khalistanis in farmer protests as the reply to query on bomb factories in West Bengal

Opinions

‘Let’s see what the voters will think’: Here is why TMC sees an opportunity where others see a meme

Nupur J Sharma - 11 March, 2021

On the 10th of March, Mamata Banerjee alleged that she had been attacked. The CM alleged four-five people deliberately pushed her, after which she fell down and suffered an injury on her leg.

News Reports

Administrator Praful Khoda Patel booked in Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar’s suicide case

OpIndia Staff - 11 March, 2021

Delkar's son has accused Dadra and Nagar Haveli administrator of harassing his father in connivance with some bureaucrats.

News Reports

From ‘attacked by 5 people’ to ‘it was an accident’: How Mamata Banerjee did a U-turn and police report confirmed eyewitness account

OpIndia Staff - 11 March, 2021

Mamata Banerjee said that when she was sitting on the bonnet of her car, suddenly the car crushed her legs, injuring her

News Reports

TMC’s Madan Mitra blames RSS for ‘attack’ on Mamata, compares it to Godhra carnage

OpIndia Staff - 11 March, 2021

While Mitra did not explicitly compare the incident with Mamata Banerjee to the Godhra carnage, that he believes that the incident would 'lead to Godhra like riots' could mean only one thing.

Politics

On Women’s Day when PM Modi was speaking about women entrepreneurship, Congress’ Bhupinder Hooda made women pull tractors

Nirwa Mehta - 11 March, 2021

When party leaders like Senior Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi mouth off platitudes on women empowerment, party leaders are busy treating women like animals.

Politics