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Pradeep Bhandari

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BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari claims TMC MP Mahua Moitra wilfully committed tax fraud, provided ‘professional service’ to shell company owned by husband Pinaki Mishra

OpIndia Staff - 11 February, 2026

The BJP spokesperson referred to a 2014 interview of Pinaki Mishra, claiming his family firms had no active business operations, and argued that the alleged payments could amount to abetment and breach of parliamentary ethics rules.

Germany: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi fearmongers about India on foreign soil yet again, BJP labels him ‘leader of propaganda’

OpIndia Staff - 23 December, 2025

Speaking at the Hertie School in Berlin during his visit to Germany, Gandhi claimed that key democratic institutions have been 'weaponised' and no longer function independently.

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Rahul Gandhi benefited from corruption in Karnataka, says BJP after Kharge’s son returns land amid MUDA row

ANI - 14 October, 2024

Bhandari also said that Mallikarjun Kharge has admitted that he abused his official position to provide alleged benefits to his family members after his family decided to return a five-acre land allotted to a trust run by his son.

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Pradeep Bhandari resigns from Zee News amid rumours of a ban on live coverage of PM Modi, Yogi Adityanath and HM Amit Shah

OpIndia Staff - 8 May, 2024

"I have resigned from Zee News. I will not be hosting your favourite shows Taal Thok Ke at 5 PM, Aapka Sawal at 8 PM, & 24 Ki Sarkar at 10 pm, or present Exit Poll on Zee this election season," Bhandari tweeted.

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‘Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is uniting the nation’, says psephologist Pradeep Bhandari in his new book ‘Modi 3.0: Bigger, Higher, Stronger’

OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2024

Psephologist Pradeep Bhandari in his latest book 'Modi 3.0: Bigger, Higher, Stronger' has asserted that PM Modi is poised to return to power with an even greater mandate.

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Here is why Muslim votes shifted from KCR’s BRS: Jan Ki Baat founder Pradeep Bhandari explains Telangana results and Congress strategy

अनुपम कुमार सिंह - 5 December, 2023

Pradeep Bhandari fsaid, "Muslim voters will rally behind every party which according to them can defeat Narendra Modi in 2024. Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal or Congress Party in South India, or DMK in Tamil Nadu. They will not go after Congress in Bengal and Bihar."

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Tripura elections: Congress files police complaint against Jan Ki Baat’s Pradeep Bhandari after the polls predicted BJP victory

OpIndia Staff - 15 February, 2023

Notably, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Gitte Kirankumar Dinkarrao issued a directive on February 10 regarding opinion and exit polls, as well as print advertising, for the impending state election scheduled to be held on February 16.

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This is their job to divide people by making such remarks: JP Nadda lashes out at Congress over Satish Jarkiholi saying ‘Hindu’ is a...

OpIndia Staff - 9 November, 2022

JP Nadda pointed out that Rahul Gandhi had earlier gone to JNU to show solidarity with those associated with anti-India sloganeering.

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‘Nupur Sharma was not wrong, If Islamic clerics think she was wrong, they should first explain how’: Scholar Atiqur Rahman

OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2022

Bansal further asked Atiqur Rahman, "As far as Nupur Sharma is concerned, she had quoted from Islamic texts, the same details have been said by many Islamic scholars and mentioned in Islamic texts. I want to ask, what was wrong in her statement? Did she quote wrong?"

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