Lok Sabha elections: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has indicated that he may not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, citing his age as an element influencing this determination. Kharge was the MP from Karnataka’s Gulbarga from 2009-2014 and had misplaced from the identical seat in 2019.
Kharge made the remarks whereas chatting with mediapersons at a press convention at his residence in New Delhi.
When requested if senior get together leaders are shying away from contesting the Lok Sabha polls, Kharge mentioned that he’s 83-year-old indicating that he could not enter the ballot fray this time. Nevertheless, he mentioned that if employees ask him to combat the elections he could achieve this.
‘I’m 83’
Requested about studies that senior leaders have been opting out of contesting the Lok Sabha polls, Kharge mentioned, “It’s improper that we’re backing out. I’m 83-year-old, you (journalists) retire at 65. So I’m 83.”
“If given an opportunity, everybody goes and tells our get together employees (that I ought to combat) if they are saying then I’ll undoubtedly combat. Look, generally we’re on the again, generally we’re on the forefront, we even have a listing of ten individuals asking for a similar seat,” he mentioned.
‘BJP stole our assure’
On one other query concerning the comparability between Modi’s assure and that of the Congress, Kharge accused the BJP of stealing their concepts. “They stole our assure. We began in Karnataka, received the elections, later we did it in Telangana. Modi Saheb is stealing our assure and saying ‘that is our assure’,” the Congress chief mentioned.
Kharge additionally mentioned that his get together has began the method of creating draft guidelines for the Minimal Help Value (MSP) that might be carried out as soon as they arrive to energy.
“The assure is for MSP. We introduced MSP for farmers. We’re additionally making a regulation to make sure MSP ensures for his or her crops, we are going to legalise it. That is additionally our assure.”
(With PTI inputs)
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