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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicMallikarjun Kharge

Topic: Mallikarjun Kharge

50 yrs since Emergency, Congress’s journey from justification to admission of ‘mistake’

Until Rahul Gandhi’s unequivocal admission in 2021 that the Emergency was a mistake, no Congress leader had explicitly apologised for its imposition without qualifiers.

Kharge leads Congress charge against BJP over ‘undeclared Emergency’, ‘puppet’ election commission

Seeking to push back against the Centre on the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, Mallikarjun Kharge says India was going through an 'undeclared Emergency' under BJP.

BJP is ‘fearful of any opinion’, Congress president Kharge condemns arrest of Ashoka professor

In a post on X(formerly Twitter), the Congress chief said that supporting the Armed Forces & government 'does not mean that we cannot question the Government.'

‘10 Saal Anyay Kaal’—when Mallikarjun Kharge released a chargesheet of BJP’s decade in power

In 'Contesting Democratic Deficit', Salman Khurshid, with Mritunjay Singh Yadav, examines the narratives at play during the 2024 general elections.

Congress extends support to Modi govt in all-party meeting after Op Sindoor, questions PM’s absence

Despite the show of unity, Kharge slammed PM Modi for skipping the meeting, saying he 'thinks he's above Parliament'—his second straight absence from such talks.

Operation Sindoor: Congress calls CWC meet, extends ‘full support to our forces’

However, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who was not at the meeting, praised the government too while commending the armed forces for their valour.

Modi’s J&K trip cancelled 3 days before Pahalgam attack, what about security for tourists, asks Kharge

At a 'Samvidhan Bachao' rally in Jharkhand's Ranchi, Mallikarjun Kharge demands to know why Centre did not beef up security despite intelligence alerts on movement of terrorists.

Rahul Gandhi, Kharge writes to PM Modi for a special Parliament session to discuss Pahalgam attack

Several opposition MPs have made a similar demand to the government in the wake of the dastardly attack in which 26 people, mainly tourists, were killed last week.

Congress distances itself after leaders’ Pahalgam remarks spark row. Only Rahul, Kharge speak for party

With questions on narrative of Pahalgam attack & comments against war, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, his minister RB Timmapur & MLA Vijay Wadettiwar have left party red-faced.

Kharge says Pahalgam ‘direct attack’ on the Indian state, urges govt to convene all-party meeting

Emphasis on need to adopt non-partisan approach reflects Congress's cautious stance on the issue, particularly after being put on the backfoot after Pulwama and Balakot in 2019.

On Camera

BJP vs BJP battle in Constitution Club is a glimpse of widening fault lines—Mumbai to Lucknow

Tuesday’s Constitution Club election is not the finale of the ‘Thakur-versus-the rest’ battle in the BJP. Wait for the caste census result to come ahead of the next Lok Sabha election.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.