To win the confidence of the government employees and teachers in Chhattisgarh, the Bhupesh Baghel-led government is trying to implement the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) at the ground level. There are serious challenges on how much the Congress will benefit politically from this scheme because nearly half of the total government employees covered under the New Pension Scheme (NPS) are teachers, who have been merged under it in 2018.
Targeting All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Minority Morcha National President Jamal Siddiqui said, Owaisi is the second variant of Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah.