NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha saw a verbal spat between Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and leader of opposition (LoP) Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday when the latter sought to raise an “emergent issue” (disqualification of wrestler Vinesh Phogat) during the discussion on Appropriation Bill, but it was turned down by the Chair. When Kharge and Congress members asked…
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday called the seventh budget 2024-25 a “disappointing budget” and said that they have provided special allocation to Bihar and Andhra Pradesh just to appease their allies JDU and TDP so that they can save the government. After finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget at the Parliament, the Congress…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had already started experiencing a sense of insecurity, sensing the ground shifting beneath his feet.Speaking at a large public gathering, Kharge paid tribute to veteran Congress leader from the region, ABA Ghani Khan Choudhury. He highlighted Choudhury’s steadfast support for then…
KALABURAGI: PM Narendra Modi’s decision to kick-start the national campaign from Karnataka’s Kalaburagi district was a calculated move, aimed at sending a clear message on Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s home turf, which falls under Gulbarga Lok Sabha seat. At that time, none of the parties had released their list of candidates and speculation was rife…
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NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has told PM Narendra Modi that his attempt to insert Hindu-Muslim debate into the election campaign is a ploy to divert focus from Congress’s stress on the rich-poor inequality created by his “suit-boot sarkar”. He urged Modi to not divide the nation like “your pre-Independence allies – the Muslim…
PUDUCHERRY: Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s guarantee is false while Congress‘s guarantee is pucca, party president Mallikarjun Kharge claimed on Monday.“Has he (Modi) fulfilled his promise to recover black money stashed in foreign banks and deposit Rs 15 lakh in every Indian’s bank account? Has he fulfilled his promise to generate two crore jobs annually for…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday slammed Congress after the party’s president Mallikarjun Kharge accused Prime Minister Modi of encashing artictle 370 abrogation for votes and talking about it at places where he should have talked about the works he did for the farmers.Taking to X, the Union minister posted, “It is…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said on Saturday he will take a decision “very soon” about whether or not to attend the Ram Temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya on January 22.Asserting that this was a matter of personal faith, not politics, Kharge also said anyone invited to attend, was free to decide. “It is…
Jaipur: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge raised Tuesday questions about PM Narendra Modi‘s caste, alleging a discrepancy in his OBC status. Speaking at the launch of Congress’s manifesto for the November 25 Rajasthan elections, Kharge claimed that Modi, belonging to the Ghanchi-Teli community, “stealthily” included it in the OBC category during his tenure as Gujarat CM.This…
