Pushed back government, but must stay alert on RSS-BJP: Congress | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Terming withdrawal of lateral entry scheme a major Congress success in foiling BJP‘s attempt to snatch reservation for backward classes, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said vigil for social justice cannot relent till Modi government is in office. He said people and opposition’s strength is saving the country from Modi government, referring to protests resulting in rollback of “attack on middle class” through LTCG/indexation, sending Waqf Bill to JPC and relegation of broadcast Bill to the deep freeze.Congress whip in Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore called PM Narendra Modi a “weak PM” for a flurry of rollbacks.
Kharge said, “It shows that only the power of the Constitution can defeat the arrogance of dictatorial power… Agitation by Rahul Gandhi, Congress and opposition has pushed the govt back, but there is need to be alert as BJP-RSS will keep trying new tricks to snatch reservations till they are in power.”
Rahul said the party will protect reservation and the Constitution at all costs and will foil “conspiracies like lateral entry scheme” at all costs. “I am repeating that we will break the 50% ceiling on reservations and ensure social justice based on caste census,” he added.
Calling it another policy reversal after LTCG and broadcast Bill, Tagore said, “2024 has given us two outcomes: a weak PM and a strong people’s leader of opposition. In the end, it’s a victory for our Constitution.”