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Congress state social media accounts post mysterious, out of context pictures of Mani Shankar Aiyar

OpIndia Staff - 7 February, 2022

Mani Shankar Aiyar was the Congress leader who used the 'chaiwala' jibe ahead of 2014 elections, which PM Modi then used to his massive advantage to campaign for the elections.

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PM Modi tears into Congress’ ‘Garibi hatao’ facade, exposes how they made 17 crore poor people ‘rich’ in 2013

OpIndia Staff - 7 February, 2022

In 2013, the Planning Commission under the Congress led UPA had said that estimated poverty line set at Rs 27 a day for person in rural area and Rs 33 per day in urban area.

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Your “ecosystem” doesn’t let your hubris go away, PM Modi takes a dig at Congress while taking the grand old party to the cleaners

OpIndia Staff - 7 February, 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi while replying to the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address took a dig at Congress and pointed out how the grand old party has become irrelevant.

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NSUI’s Nadeem Khan throws Congress flag on Rahul Gandhi’s convoy, watch video

OpIndia Staff - 7 February, 2022

NSUI's Nadeem Khan threw flag on Rahul Gandhi, Police denies security breach.

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Punjab: Family of Faridkot firing victim awaits justice, says neither Captain nor Channi did anything

OpIndia Staff - 7 February, 2022

Sukhraj Singh said Congress came in power with a promise they would take action against culprits of sacrilege and the police firing incident but nothing happened.

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‘After elections be ready with salt, we will bury PM Modi and Yogi’, says UP Congress leader Ajay Rai

OpIndia Staff - 6 February, 2022

Ajay Rai, a five-time MLA, also contested the 2017 election from Pindra and lost to the BJP's Avadhesh Singh. Ajay Rai had earlier contested unsuccessfully against Modi from Varanasi in the 2014 and 2019 parliamentary elections.

Political History of India

Challenging the idea of India, stoking sub-nationalism – Rahul Gandhi’s new playbook of polarisation

Shashank Bharadwaj - 3 February, 2022

Rahul Gandhi dismisses the idea of India's national identity and peddles left-liberal narrative of India being just a union of states

Opinions

Understanding the ‘Item Number’ Rahul Gandhi did in Parliament: More than ideology, its petty ego, the Gandhi family hubris

Sanghamitra - 3 February, 2022

It was a gimmick to grab headlines. The latkas and jhatkas of the item number did attract a lot of whistles, as we can see in the media and social media today, but it was not directed at the BJP. The targets were other people.

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