Tag: Mallikarjun Kharge

Congress boycotts Lokpal panel meet again, Kharge shoots off another letter to PM

The Congress on Tuesday once again boycotted the meeting of the Lokpal Selection Committee with its leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge saying that he was invited by the government as a ‘special invitee’ with the singular intention of excluding the opinion of the opposition in the selection process. Kharge shot off a letter to...

April 10, 2018

Congress initiates no-trust move against Modi government

The Congress on Friday tabled in the Lok Sabha a notice for no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government. “This House expresses no confidence in the Council of Ministers,” read the notice tabled by Mallikarjun Kharge, the Leader of Congress in the lower House. Already, the TDP and YSR Congress Party have filed notices for...

March 23, 2018

Mallikarjun Kharge declines government’s offer to attend Lokpal meeting

A Selection Committee is all set to meet today with an agenda of appointing an anti-corruption Lokpal. The meet will have Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Justice of India in attendance. The main opposition Congress has refused to be a part of the meet as it objected to the “special invitee” status in...

March 1, 2018

Government pocketing profits as crude oil prices fall: Kharge

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday questioned the government on why the benefit of lower crude oil prices was not being passed on to the consumers. He said the government has also slashed funds for all welfare schemes. Raising the issue in the Lok Sabha during zero hour, Kharge said: “Consumers are not getting any...

January 4, 2018

Congress slams PM Modi for linking Manmohan with Pakistan

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not approach security agencies if he felt that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was hatching a conspiracy against him with Pakistan’s support. Talking to reporters after the Congress walked out of the Lok Sabha, Kharge said if Modi believed that Manmohan Singh was part...

December 20, 2017

Oppositon queries not addressed at all-party meet: Kharge

Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not address Opposition queries at the all-party meeting ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament, senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge charged on Friday. As the Winter Session started, the prime minister noted that all party leaders were clear at Thursday’s meeting that this session should be used positively to help...

December 15, 2017

‘Scrap’ for a scrap

Parliamentary observers will confirm that “heat” and acrimony is generated by demands for a discussion on politically controversial matters. Parties jostle over the rule of procedure under which that debate should be conducted, whether or not the House will be called upon to “express an opinion” (through a vote) at the end of it all...

November 28, 2017

Bullet train project not economically viable, says Kharge

The Congress party on Thursday questioned the economic viability of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project, for which the foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe. Congress leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said his party was not against any development project, but added that the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet...

September 14, 2017

Govt taking steps to keep out illegal immigrants: Kiren Rijiju

Even as the government assured members in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday of taking steps  to ensure illegal migrants do not enter the country in large numbers and change the demography, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju caused  a minor uproar when he said a “concentration camp” of Rohingyas had come up in Jammu...

August 1, 2017

Congress oldies back in saddle

The Congress seems to be moving back to the old guard, which had been sidelined after Rahul Gandhi’s elevation as vice-president of the party in 2013. With a new communications team in place this week, it is clear that both Sonia Gandhi and the old guard are firmly controlling the party. Leaders who had been...

July 15, 2017

Presidential election: Opposition parties to meet on June 14

Opposition parties will meet on June 14 to formally begin discussions on the presidential and vice presidential elections, sources said on Monday. Congress President Sonia Gandhi has initiated moves to bring the opposition parties on a common platform for the elections scheduled in July. Gandhi, earlier this month, constituted a ten member sub-group of representatives...

June 12, 2017

Congress to fight 2018 Karnataka polls under collective leadership: Kharge

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said his party will fight the 2018 Assembly election in Karnataka under "collective leadership". To a question whether he is being considered for the party's state unit president post, the leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha said, "I have not even applied for it." "We will go...

May 14, 2017

Kharge appointed new PAC chairman

The main Opposition Congress party's Lok Sabha leader, Mallikarjun Kharge has been appointed as the new chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament for 2017-18. Mr Kharge has replaced his Congress colleague K V Thomas whose term as the PAC chief ended on 30 April. The new PAC has been constituted for the...

May 2, 2017

Lok Sabha erupts over Kulbhushan Jadhav sentencing

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday witnessed an uproar as the opposition raised the Kulbhushan Jadhav sentencing issue and demanded action from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "This will be a murder if the government didn’t interfere. Pakistan is saying Kulbhushan is RAW agent, this is not true. Why the government is silent on this," Congress leader...

April 11, 2017

Opposition leaders disrupt Lok Sabha over Tarun Vijay’s racist remarks

As opposition leaders disrupted Lok Sabha proceedings over the purported racial remarks of BJP leader Tarun Vijay, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said discrimination on the basis of caste, creed and colour cannot be allowed in India. "India is a secular country, discrimination on the basis of caste, creed and colour cannot be allowed...

April 10, 2017

Govt-Opposition tussle in Lok Sabha over NDA’s performance

Lok Sabha on Thursday witnessed noisy scenes during the Question Hour as the opposition sought data on the rulling NDA's performance in last two-and-half years and the government hitting back with the "list" of Congress' "failure" in the past. The vociferous scenes arose on the issue of power generation in the country when Congress leader...

March 16, 2017

Congress questions PM Modi’s silence over Kansas shooting

The Congress party on Thursday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his silence over the recent incidents of attacks on Indians in the United States and said such incidents have increased after President Donald Trump took charge. Congress leader in Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, demanded Prime Minister Modi to make a statement on the issue...

March 9, 2017