CHANDIGARH: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge announced on Tuesday that INDIA blog would select its PM candidate at a meeting of all alliance partners after Lok Sabha election results are declared on June 4.
“We followed this practice in 2004 and governed for 10 years. Though Congress did not have adequate numbers, we completed our terms. This time too, after securing a majority, all our alliance partners will decide upon the leader or PM face,” Kharge told mediapersons after touring Haryana.
Reacting to PM Narendra Modi‘s “five PMs in five years” remark, Kharge said: “In 2004, they made it an issue, and we gave the best PM in Dr Manmohan Singh, who is from Punjab and governed the country for 10 years.”
Kharge criticised BJP for alleged divisive politics in Haryana.”They claim to have a double-engine govt but have put the state in a debt of Rs 3.5 lakh crore without any development work. Players, especially sportswomen, have been harassed to protect one wrongdoer. They (PM Modi and BJP) have attempted to create a divide in communities in Haryana as well,” he said.
On ED charges against INDIA bloc partner AAP for receiving foreign funding, Kharge said: “Let the agency work according to the law. But ED should also probe companies showing losses yet donating large amounts to BJP and allies. There should be a uniform process and investigation for all.”
Kharge reiterated alliance charges of BJP planning to change the Constitution if it retains office.
He further claimed BJP was far from its 400-seat target, saying the party peaked during the 2019 polls.
“We followed this practice in 2004 and governed for 10 years. Though Congress did not have adequate numbers, we completed our terms. This time too, after securing a majority, all our alliance partners will decide upon the leader or PM face,” Kharge told mediapersons after touring Haryana.
Reacting to PM Narendra Modi‘s “five PMs in five years” remark, Kharge said: “In 2004, they made it an issue, and we gave the best PM in Dr Manmohan Singh, who is from Punjab and governed the country for 10 years.”
Kharge criticised BJP for alleged divisive politics in Haryana.”They claim to have a double-engine govt but have put the state in a debt of Rs 3.5 lakh crore without any development work. Players, especially sportswomen, have been harassed to protect one wrongdoer. They (PM Modi and BJP) have attempted to create a divide in communities in Haryana as well,” he said.
On ED charges against INDIA bloc partner AAP for receiving foreign funding, Kharge said: “Let the agency work according to the law. But ED should also probe companies showing losses yet donating large amounts to BJP and allies. There should be a uniform process and investigation for all.”
Kharge reiterated alliance charges of BJP planning to change the Constitution if it retains office.
He further claimed BJP was far from its 400-seat target, saying the party peaked during the 2019 polls.