Withdrawal of advertisement on lateral entry into bureaucracy a sign of weak Modi 3.0 decision-making: Opposition

Welcoming the Centre’s move to cancel the In a post on social media platform X, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said that the power of the people and the Opposition had forced the government to withdraw the Long Term Capital Gains tax and the changes in the indexation rules proposed in the Union Budget, place the Broadcast Bill on the back-burner, and send the Waqf Bill to a Joint Parliamentary Committee. Read | Lateral entry for government posts, explained Mr. Kharge also credited Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, along with other Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance bloc parties, in ensuring ensure reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes were protected. The Modi government’s letter on lateral entry shows that only the power of the Constitution can defeat the arrogance of a dictatorial regime,” the Congress chief said, citing the letter of Union Minister Jitendra Singh, asking the Union Public Service Commission to cancel the “We will protect the Constitution and the reservation system at all costs. Samajwadi Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav claimed that the government had been forced to abandon its plan of inducting people with a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh background through the backdoor.