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Narendra Modi is a fascist

Nirwa Mehta - 13 September, 2020

When chief ministers of non-BJP-ruled states clamp down on freedom of press, it clearly means Prime Minister Modi is a fascist.

News Reports

Watch: Historical speech by Atal Bihari Vajpayee during the 1977 victory rally after the defeat of Indira Gandhi after Emergency

Dibakar Dutta - 16 August, 2020

Atal Bihari Vajpayee had compared the defeat of Indira Gandhi in 1977 to a 'peaceful revolution' and 'public overthrowing' of a govt

Politics

After bungling up Rajasthan, Congress quotes Indira Gandhi to hail the principle of respecting ‘electoral mandate’, reduces itself to a joke

OpIndia Staff - 18 July, 2020

Quoting Indira Gandhi, Congress tweeted, "Respecting the electoral mandate is quintessential in a democracy. Even the slightest attempt to subvert it is an insult to the hardworking citizens. #CongressKeVichaar".

Social Media

Did Prashant Bhushan plagiarise a tweet to question the Indian judiciary? Read details

OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2020

Twitter user Joy Bhattacharjya had shared the original tweet with the image of Jagmohanlal Sinha. Bhushan's tweet some time later appears to have lifted the content verbatim.

News Reports

Coronavirus Pandemic: Maruti Suzuki to manufacture ventilators, masks for patients, health workers

OpIndia Staff - 29 March, 2020

Maruti Suzuki has collaborated with AgVa Healthcare for manufacture of ventilators, while Krishna Maruti Limited will make masks

Opinions

By changing the Preamble of the Constitution, Indira Gandhi had destroyed democracy, in the words of Ambedkar

Saket Suryesh - 19 March, 2020

Ambedkar had said that policy of the govt cannot be laid down in the Preamble because that is destroying democracy altogether

News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Congress govt withdraws sterilisation circular amid ‘Emergency 2’ backlash, sacks NHM official

OpIndia Staff - 21 February, 2020

This diktat issued by Congress' Kamal Nath led government in Madhya Pradesh was seen as a stark reminder of the horrors of Indira Gandhi-led Emergency by many.

Government and Policy

Congress-led MP govt issues Emergency-like diktat, health staff asked to bring one man for sterilisation or lose job

OpIndia Staff - 21 February, 2020

Congress' Kamal Nath-led Madhya Pradesh government has now issued orders to the health staff to bring one man for sterilisation or they stand to lose their jobs.

Politics

NCP leader and Maha minister says Indira Gandhi strangulated democracy, Congress fumes

OpIndia Staff - 30 January, 2020

"Indira Gandhi had strangulated democracy, nobody was ready to speak against her. Then the students of Ahmedabad and Patna had started resisting", Ahwad had stated in Beed, Maharashtra.

Political History of India

Sushma Swaraj’s husband Swaraj Kaushal narrates a story of how a proofreader in Times of India changed India’s political landscape

OpIndia Staff - 14 January, 2020

This is how George Fernandes, a small town boy from Mangalore, rose to power and changed the political landscape of India.

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