MALLIKARAJUN KHARGE

Congress guarantees reviving Scheduled Caste Plan, says Mallikarjun Kharge

18 Apr 2024

Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge declared on Thursday that if the party secures power, it commits to revitalizing the Scheduled Caste Plan and the Tribal Sub-Plan and enacting it into law. Kharge emphasized this assurance in a post on X, stating, "Congress gives legal guarantee for implementation of SC-ST Sub...

Kharge slams PM selfie booths as lavish spending from TAXPAYERS’ MONEY

27 Dec 2023

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said setting up “selfie booths” at railway stations with photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a “brazen waste” of taxpayers’ money while opposition states await MGNREGA funds. In a post on X, Kharge said, “Self-obsessed promotion by Modi govt knows NO bounds!” “Absolutely...

INC president Mallikarjun Kharge alleges PM Modi is ‘corrupt himself’

29 Mar 2023

On Wednesday, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge criticized the government for turning down the opposition's demand of setting up a Joint Parliamentary Committee to investigate the Adani Group issue and asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi "is corrupt himself." Kharge sought to know if the Prime Minister has "joined hands with...

Mikes switched off in Parliament whenever we raise Adani issue: Mallikarjun Kharge

13 Mar 2023

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge came down heavily on Monday on the BJP-led central government, alleging that microphones are switched off whenever the opposition raised the Adani issue in the Parliament. Talking to media-persons outside Parliament, Kharge said, "There is no rule of law and democracy under Modi. They are running...

‘If you want a change, choose me’ : Tharoor on Congress president poll

01 Oct 2022

In the upcoming presidential election of the grand old party, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor reiterated on Saturday that his contest against senior party member Mallikarjun Kharge "is not a battle." Following days of turmoil surrounding the intra-party troubles in Rajasthan, Tharoor and Kharge finally submitted their nominations for the crucial...

Kharge resigns as Rajya Sabha Lop, following ‘one person, one post’ formula

01 Oct 2022

Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge submitted his resignation as Leader of the Opposition in the Upper House as he filed his nomination for the party's chief post, after the Udaipur announcement of "one person, one post." “I hereby tender my resignation from the post of Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha,...