The Hindu Morning Digest: May 30, 2024

‘Mahatma became popular only after Gandhi movie’: Congress attacks PM Modi over his comment The world view taught in the shakhas of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh doesn’t allow one to understand Mahatma Gandhi as the RSS follows the path of his assassin Nathuram Godse, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday. Modi’s meditation plan violates model code, Congress tells Election Commission The two-day meditation announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial at Kanniyakumari in Tamil Nadu from May 30 violates the model code of conduct and restrictions imposed on a candidate during the silent period, the Congress told the Election Commission on Wednesday. 2024 Lok Sabha election: Rahul Gandhi’s big promises for farmers include loan waivers, MSP law Even as a group of farmers continue to camp at the Punjab-Haryana boundaries in support of their demands, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday that once the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance government is formed at the Centre, it will waive off the loans of farmers and will provide a legal guarantee for the minimum support price for crops. Jurors in Trump hush money trial end first day of deliberations after asking to rehear testimony The jury in Donald Trump’s hush money trial ended its first day of deliberations without a verdict Wednesday but asked to rehear potentially crucial testimony about the alleged hush money scheme at the heart of the history-making case.T he 12-person jury was sent home around 4 p.m. after about 4 1/2 hours of deliberations.