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

‘Lesson will be taught to dishonest people’, TMC MLA Hamidul Rahman issues threat to voters, BJP lodge complaint with EC

OpIndia Staff - 4 March, 2021

TMC leaders have started openly threatening and issuing ultimatums to voters ahead of assembly elections in West Bengal

Politics

Kerala: BJP declares ‘Metro Man’ Sreedharan as the CM candidate ahead of assembly elections

OpIndia Staff - 4 March, 2021

Sreedharan, fondly called India's 'Metro Man' for his immense contribution to a number of major railways and Metro rail projects, had recently joined the BJP.

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Shiv Sena backs out from the ‘Didi Vs All’ fight in West Bengal, stands in ‘solidarity’ with the ‘real Bengal Tigress’

OpIndia Staff - 4 March, 2021

Sanjay Raut announced that Shiv Sena will not contest West Bengal elections, and wished Mamata Banerjee s 'roaring success'

Opinions

Icchadhari protestor Yogendra Yadav finally admits that farmers’ protest is political and is about defeating PM Modi: Read how

Editorial Desk - 4 March, 2021

Four months after the farmers protest began, Yogendra Yadav has finally admitted that the protests are indeed political

Politics

Tamil Nadu: Advantage AIADMK after Sasikala steps aside from politics, asks followers to unite against DMK

OpIndia Staff - 4 March, 2021

VK Sasikala, who was released from a Bengaluru prison on January 27, announced a surprising decision to step aside from politics and support the AIADMK to retain power in the April 6 election.

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After a humiliating drubbing in Gujarat local body elections, state Congress chief and Leader of Opposition resign

OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2021

Congress was wiped out in local body polls in Gujarat, they secured only 3 municipalities and a few taluka panchayat bodies

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Congress attacks the Modi government for a reduction in the unemployment rate: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2021

Congress party posted a infographic showing unemployment dropping from 23.53% to 21.73% in one month, and attacked Modi govt for it

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‘Was shot at because I carried out Tiranga rally and opposed throwing of beef outside Hindu houses’: RSS activist narrates political violence in West...

OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2021

In December 2019, RSS activist Bir Bahadur Singh was shot at point-blank range in his back in Kolkata’s Metiabruz area in broad daylight

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Metro car shed: Maha govt says it is ready to pay for disputed Kanjurmarg land, months after claiming it cost Rs 0

OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2021

The disputed Kanjurmarg land, which the Maharashtra government and Aaditya Thackeray boasted of being acquired for free of cost, is currently under litigation.

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