Maharashtra Assembly polls: MVA manifesto promises caste census, ₹3000 for women, says Kharge

Maharashtra Assembly polls: MVA manifesto promises caste census, ₹3000 for women, says Kharge

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, and NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule release Maha Vikas Aghadi’s manifesto for Maharashtra Assembly elections, in Mumbai, Sunday (November 10, 2024). | Photo Credit: PTI Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday launched the joint manifesto for the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance for the upcoming … Read more

Mallikarjun Kharge to hold discussions with Congress-ruled States on judgment on Scheduled Castes sub-categorisation

Mallikarjun Kharge to hold discussions with Congress-ruled States on judgment on Scheduled Castes sub-categorisation

Congress president and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge speaks in the House on July 25, 2024. Photo: Sansad TV via PTI Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and chairperson of the parliamentary party Sonia Gandhi were among the party’s leaders who met … Read more

Modi govt. should apologise to youth for the flawed Agniveer scheme: Kharge

Modi govt. should apologise to youth for the flawed Agniveer scheme: Kharge

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. File | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday reacted to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement that the Narendra Modi government was open to making changes in the Agniveer scheme for the armed forces, if required. Agniveers are the new recruits under the Agnipath Scheme where 25% … Read more

'Not concerned': BJP on possibility of Mallikarjun Kharge as INDIA bloc's PM face

'Not concerned': BJP on possibility of Mallikarjun Kharge as INDIA bloc's PM face

INDIA bloc leaders Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday proposed Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge as the alliance’s Prime Ministerial candidate. However, Kharge has said that the focus should be on winning the 2024 general elections and then discussions on the PM face would follow. When asked about the possibility of Kharge being the INDIA … Read more

Mallikarjun Kharge meets Dalit engineer, slams BJP for fielding MLA accused of assaulting him

Mallikarjun Kharge meets Dalit engineer, slams BJP for fielding MLA accused of assaulting him

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at Tijara. | Photo Credit: ANI Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, accompanied by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, met a Dalit engineer, who was allegedly assaulted by a party MLA in 2022, at Sawai Man Singh Government Hospital in Jaipur on November 18. Mr. Kharge slammed the BJP for fielding the MLA, … Read more

The Hindu Morning Digest, November 18, 2023

The Hindu Morning Digest, November 18, 2023

A specially-abled voter arrivest to cast his vote for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, at a Polling Center in Indore on Friday, November 17, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Six militants killed in operations in Kulgam, Rajouri: J&K police Six militants were killed in two operations in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, the police said. … Read more

BJP’s ‘fake nationalism’ visible yet again: Kharge on new disability pension rules for armed forces

BJP’s ‘fake nationalism’ visible yet again: Kharge on new disability pension rules for armed forces

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge. File | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on September 30 slammed the BJP over the new disability pension rules for armed forces personnel, alleging that its “fake nationalism” is yet again visible through the move. The Narendra Modi Government is a “habitual offender” in working against the welfare … Read more

Morning Digest | Kharge calls meeting of INDIA bloc floor leaders on Sept 5; EC to visit Bhopal today to inspect poll measures, and more

Morning Digest | Kharge calls meeting of INDIA bloc floor leaders on Sept 5; EC to visit Bhopal today to inspect poll measures, and more

Opposition’s Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge during a press conference after the bloc leaders meeting, in Mumbai on Friday | Photo Credit: ANI Mallikarjun Kharge calls meeting of INDIA bloc floor leaders on September 5 ahead of Parliament’s Special Session Ahead of the Special Session of Parliament, floor … Read more

Kharge lashes out at BJP, says only 12.2 lakh formal jobs added in 5 years

Kharge lashes out at BJP, says only 12.2 lakh formal jobs added in 5 years

Congress president and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday claimed that India under the Modi government has added only 12.2 lakh formal jobs in the past five years, and said that for the survival of the poor and middle class, the BJP needs to be “thrown out … Read more