Morning Digest: U.P. CM Yogi Adityanath likely to visit Hathras today following stampede; Jaishankar to represent India in place of Modi at SCO summit, and more

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on July 3, 2024

Opposition mounts counter-narrative of being a ‘real Hindu’ in Lok Sabha after uproar over Rahul Gandhi’s comments

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his colleagues from the BJP accused Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi of insulting the Hindu community, Opposition leaders built a counter-narrative of being “a real Hindu” while speaking on the Motion of Thanks to the President for her address to Parliament. Congress leader K.C. Venugopal asserted that the BJP was using Hindu religion to polarise people and win the election. He pointed out how the BJP lost Banswara in Rajasthan and Banaskantha in Gujarat despite the Prime Minister alleging that Congress will snatch mangalsutra and buffalos from Hindus and give it away to minorities.

Hathras stampede: Yogi Adityanath likely to visit Hathras on July 3

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is likely to visit Hathras on July 3 in the wake of the stampede during a religious congregation in which over 60 persons have lost their lives, a senior government official said .The official said the U.P. Chief Minister is taking stock of the situation around the clock. U.P. Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Singh and DGP Prashant Kumar have been directed to reach the spot. A team consisting of ADG Agra and Aligarh Divisional Commissioner has been constituted to enquire into the cause of the incident. The report is to be submitted within 24 hours, the U.P. Government said in a statement.

Woman in Chopra flogging incident refuses to meet West Bengal Governor

West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose was on Tuesday forced to cut short his visit to north Bengal after the woman, who was seen publicly being beaten up in a video that went viral, allegedly refused an audience with the administrative head of the State. “The victim wants to be left alone, and I will respect her right,” Mr. Bose told journalists at a guest house in Siliguri in north Bengal, before returning to Delhi.

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