Morning Digest | Ajit Pawar says he was elected NCP president on June 30; Fresh review petition in Manipur HC seeks recall of order recommending ST status for Meiteis, and more

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Ajit Pawar moves Election Commission, says he was elected NCP president on June 30

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has informed the Election Commission of India that he was elected president of the Nationalist Congress Party on June 30, and has submitted a resolution and affidavits from 40 Members of Parliament and state legislators to this effect, sources in the Commission said on Wednesday. Mr. Ajit Pawar has also submitted a petition claiming the party symbol.

Fresh review petition in Manipur High Court seeks recall of order recommending ST status for Meiteis

Even as the single-judge Bench of the Manipur High Court is set to hear a review petition filed by the Meitei Tribes Union (MTU) to modify its March 27 order that recommended Scheduled Tribe status for the community, a second review petition has been filed by a tribal body seeking recall of the order.

Problem of manual scavenging eliminated, claims Union Social Justice Ministry panel

Despite noting that just 520 districts across the country had declared themselves free of manual scavenging, the Central Monitoring Committee (CMC) of the Social Justice Ministry concluded in its eighth meeting on July 5, 2023 that all unsanitary latrines had been made sanitary under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan and that the problem of manual scavenging is eliminated.

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