Rahul lambasts lateral entry into bureaucracy

NEW DELHI, Aug 19: The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, renewed his attack on the Modi government on Monday over the lateral entry scheme into the bureaucracy, which the Centre described as a well-thought-out move to fill in the gaps in ministries and departments requiring expertise and certain skill sets.
“Lateral entry is an attack on Dalits, OBCs and Adivasis,” Congress MP wrote on X, upping the ante on the ‘biggest’ lateral scheme under the Modi government.
“BJP’s distorted version of Ram Rajya seeks to destroy the Constitution and snatch reservations from Bahujans,” he added.
Congress party has been critical of the UPSC advertisement seeking recruitment of domain experts into bureaucracy and claimed that it was BJP’s conspiracy to deprive the unprivileged community of reaching top positions in government.
On Sunday, Rahul Gandhi dubbed the lateral entry scheme as ‘privatisation of IAS’. (IANS)