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Rahul Gandhi stitches an alliance with Babu Singh Kushwaha, out on bail in NHRM scam, whose corruption he had himself condemned

OpIndia Staff - 27 April, 2019

Babu Singh Kushwaha was involved in the National Rural Health Mission Scam. Rahul Gandhi had said in 2012 that he will go to jail.

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Rahul Gandhi camp and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra camp at odds: Sibling rivalry taking an ugly turn?

OpIndia Staff - 26 April, 2019

Sibling rivalry appears to have taken an ugly turn within the Nehru-Gandhi Parivar after Priyanka Gandhi Vadra chickened out from contesting from Varanasi against PM Modi

Politics

We had an alliance with the Congress, but found that their ego is too big: Akhilesh Yadav

OpIndia Staff - 25 April, 2019

Likening Congress with the BJP, Yadav said that Congress believes in threatening political parties like the BJP.

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Fearing defeat of Gandhi scion Priyanka Vadra, Congress fields Ajay Rai against Prime Minister Modi in Varanasi

OpIndia Staff - 25 April, 2019

Congress party has fielded Ajay Rai amidst the speculation that Gandhi scion and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would be contesting against PM Modi.

Crime

Bijnor: Asif, Rafiq and Rihan shoot three Dalit men over argument, police on high alert fearing communal clashes

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2019

Bulaki Singh's son, Somapal has registered a complaint against the accused. The police have been investigating the matter closely. Meanwhile, the car used in the murder has been recovered from Delhi.

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Deoria: Mob attacks Dalit villagers, damage Ambedkar statue after they opposed molestation of Dalit girl by Rehmat Ali

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2019

The Dalit victims have alleged that they had informed the police after the first incident of the break-in and molestation attempt by Rehmat Ali. But the local police did not pursue the issue.

Politics

Like Father Like Son: After Azam Khan’s sexist comment against Jaya Prada, son Abdullah calls her ‘Anarkali’

Shashank Bharadwaj - 22 April, 2019

Abdullah Azam was speaking in reference to Yogi Adityanath's response to BSP chief Mayawati, who had appealed to Muslim voters to not vote for the Congress.

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Desperate times? At loggerheads for decades, Mayawati and Mulayam share stage in UP’s Mainpuri after 25 years

OpIndia Staff - 19 April, 2019

This is the first time the two stalwarts are seen together after the two parties forged an alliance to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 1993.

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