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.

Media

NDTV deletes report about Arvind Kejriwal’s daughter being duped on OLX: Here is what the story said

OpIndia Staff - 8 February, 2021

NDTV reported how a fraudster duped Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's daughter Harshita Kejriwal of Rs 34,000

Politics

Rahul Gandhi and Congress launch a campaign to hire paid social media trolls: Read how

OpIndia Staff - 8 February, 2021

Congress plans to recruit 500,000 internet trolls, including 50,000 office bearers through its "social media warrior" campaign

Politics

As Capt Amarinder Singh extends legal help to Republic Day rioters, Punjab police ‘controls’ protesting teachers with sticks: Details

OpIndia Staff - 8 February, 2021

The protestors took out a state-level rally against the government for being jobless, despite clearing the ETT and TET exams.

Social Media

Congress senior leader Kamal Nath follows an Instagram handle called ‘Karonaviral’ and it has nothing to do with ‘corona’: Details

OpIndia Staff - 8 February, 2021

Now with Kamal Nath having followed her on Instagram, considering he follows only 17 people against 2.10 lakh followers he has, one wonders if other Congress leader would now follow suit

News Reports

‘MSP tha, MSP hai, aur MSP rahega’, PM Modi assures the angry ‘phoophis’ in parliament: Read what he said

OpIndia Staff - 8 February, 2021

'MSP tha, MSP hai aur MSP rahega', PM Modi assured the opposition and the protesting farmer leaders.

News Reports

Maha govt angry with celebrities who supported India, to launch investigation against Sachin, Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar and others for tweets

OpIndia Staff - 8 February, 2021

Apparently, the Maharashtra government believes that showing support to one's own country against a global propaganda is questionable activity and needs an investigation.

Social Media

Usual suspect Wikipedia joins anti-India propaganda, PM Modi’s page targeted to show Indian democracy in decline under his watch

Nupur J Sharma - 8 February, 2021

As PM spoke in Rajya Sabha, a problematic edit to the Wikipedia page of Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to the fore

World

Is Canada’s pandering to Khalistanis making it compromise on its citizen’s health? Here is how it is affecting its vaccine outreach

Dibakar Dutta - 8 February, 2021

While Trudeau emerges as the posterboy for the Canadian Khalistanis, the lives of common Canadians remain threatened especially in the second wave of the pandemic in the country.

News Reports

Watch: PM Modi refers to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose as the ‘First Prime Minister’ of India

OpIndia Staff - 8 February, 2021

PM Modi's were a veiled message to organisations and individuals who are busy peddling their anti-India propaganda, trying to brand India as undemocratic and violent.

Politics