Tag: Mallikarjun Kharge

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge moves SC against CBI chief’s ‘illegal’ removal

On October 25, Kharge had demanded answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the action against CBI director Alok Verma without consulting other members of the panel that selected him.

November 3, 2018

Statue of Unity: PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi trade barbs over Sardar Patel’s statue, legacy

“Ironic that a statue of Sardar Patel is being inaugurated, but every institution he helped build is being smashed. The systematic destruction of India's institutions is nothing short of treason,” Rahul Gandhi had tweeted in his response to the unveiling of the Statue of Unity.

October 31, 2018

No-confidence motion | BJD walks out, Cong seeks more time for debate

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge sought more time saying 38 minutes allotted for his party leaders to address the Lok Sabha, was not enough.

July 20, 2018

Centre to SC: In process of naming eminent jurist to Lokpal panel

The process of naming an eminent jurist to the Selection Committee for appointing the Lokpal had begun, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Tuesday. A meeting was held on April 10 and recommendations in this regard have been made, Attorney General K.K. Venugopal, appearing for the Centre, told a bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi...

April 17, 2018

Siddu wins some, loses some

The first list of Assembly candidates for the 224 seats, released late on Sunday night by the Congress party, springs a surprise in that chief minister, Mr Siddaramaiah will get to contest only from Chamundeshwari in Mysore and not Badami in Bagalkot district as well. The list, however, shows that he has managed to get his...

April 17, 2018

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