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Jairam Ramesh alleged “serious lapses” in the PM-DAKSH skill training scheme for Scheduled Castes, OBCs and other marginalised groups, saying its budget has gone largely unutilised for two years
It all started as a bit of online satire by a few young people fed up by corruption. Clearly though, the Cockroach movement's no longer a laughing matter for India’s government which has shut transport and blocked rallying points in the capital to quell the momentum of youth-led mobilization that's already down the education minister over rampant school exam cheating and is now spearheading the protests against the culling of names from voter rolls, with the electoral commission chief accused of bias.
The events surrounding the October 10 protest have reignited debate over the constitutional right to peaceful assembly and the limits of state power. As thousands of activists, students, political leaders and protesters faced detentions, travel restrictions and security measures, questions have been raised about democratic freedoms, preventive policing and the protection of fundamental rights.
The Congress president also demands ballot paper elections, removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar and action against those allegedly involved in vote manipulation
Rahul Gandhi said the repair of democracy will begin once the CEC and the Modi government are gone, a day after telling INDIA bloc MPs the government would fall if the Opposition kept up its push
The Congress, in the meeting, asserted that the opposition stands united to protect the Constitution from "repeated assaults" of the Modi government, including its "vote chori gameplan" to remain in power