Mallikarjun Kharge

This meeting between Eric Garcetti and Mallikarjun Kharge comes just days after US diplomats met National Conference leaders in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of the scheduled Assembly Elections.

BJP Rajya Sabha MP Lahar Singh Siroya has demanded an independent investigation into the allotment of 19 acres of government land to an Institute run by the Kharge family’s trust, “free of cost”.

As per reports, in March 2024, the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) allotted 5 acres of land in the Aerospace Park near Bengaluru to Siddhartha Vihar Trust (trustees include the Kharge family).

The National Conference and the Congress will contest the forthcoming assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir together and have formed an alliance

The Vice President further slammed the Kharge and other opposition leaders for walking out of the House and said,” You are walking away from your obligations. You are walking away from your duty. Honourable members, they don’t want to participate. They know only how to create chaos…The nation is a priority…”

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who has officially stepped down as president of West Bengal Congress committee said his position became 'temporary' after Mallikarjun Kharge assumed party's top position

Mallikarjun Kharge falsely claims that China has built base in Indian territory, the fact is that the area is under Chinese control since 1962

Several Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, have already threatened violence linked with the electoral outcomes of the Congress party. Such threats are an assault on the greatest positive Indian democracy has experienced over the past seven-and-a-half decades: a smooth transition of power.

In a harshly worded rejoinder to the Congress President, ECI Called his statements "aggression on vitals of live election operations".

Campaigning for Congress candidate Shivakumar Dahariya, Kharge said since he is a 'Shiva' he can give a good competition to Ram.