Morning briefing: BJP's plan to counter concerns over SC/ST quota; Congress Nanded MP Vasantrao Chavan dies, and more

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Published on: Aug 26, 2024, 09:31:01 IST

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will focus on the alacrity shown by the Union government in announcing the rollback of the lateral entry scheme for filling positions in the bureaucracy and the unambiguous stand against the “creamy layer” within the quotas for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to outweigh concerns over the issue of sub-categorisation within these groups. Ahead of the upcoming elections in a clutch of states, the party is also banking on the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) announced for central government employees to blunt the anger against inflation and no tax relief for the middle class in the budget. Dig Deeper

BJP plans its strategy ahead of crucial assembly polls in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkahnd

Senior Congress leader and party MP from Nanded Lok Sabha constituency, Vasantrao Chavan (69), passed away in Hyderabad due to prolonged illness, the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) announced. As his health worsened over the past few days, he was rushed to Kims Hospital in Hyderabad. However, he lost his life due to the severity of the disease. His last rites will be performed in Naigaon at 11 am, the party sources said. Chavan won the Nanded constituency in the 2024 Lok Sabha general elections by defeating his rival candidate Chikhalikar Prataprao Govindrao from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by a margin of over 50,000 votes. Dig Deeper

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That’s all we have at this hour in our morning briefing. Catch you by afternoon.

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