Indian National Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) should be banned, invoking Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s 1948 letter that blamed the organisation for creating the atmosphere that led to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination, asserting that if the Prime Minister truly respects Patel’s views, he should act on them.
Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of taking “sole ownership” of the amendments made to the goods and services tax (GST) regime, the Congress on Sunday said the current reforms were inadequate and did not provide any resolution to the States’ demand for an extension of compensation for another five years.
Delhi Police detained senior opposition MPs, including the Congress's Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, on Monday morning as their protests over the Election Commission's 'collusion' with the ruling BJP spilled over into the streets of central Delhi.
Citing Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor’s statement on security lapses in Pahalgam, Congress president and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge attacked the Union government and said “Home Minister Amit Shah should take responsibility.”
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said that while his party believed in putting India first, “some people” placed Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the country.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on India’s 76th Republic Day accused the Union government of destroying “every sacred tenet of the Constitution” through authoritarian means.