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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicMallikarjun Kharge

Topic: Mallikarjun Kharge

Scenes from Congress conclave—Congregation of party heavyweights, Rahul’s sharpest attack on EC yet

Addressing the annual legal conclave of the Congress, 'Constitutional Challenges Perspectives & Pathways', Rahul Gandhi says the Congress has found evidence of election rigging.

‘Why did Modi cancel visit to J&K 3 days before Pahalgam?’ Kharge’s attack on govt in Rajya Sabha

Op Sindoor debate in Rajya Sabha turns heated as Mallikarjun Kharge leads the charge against the Modi government on ceasefire with Pakistan, foreign policy & attitude towards women.

Kharge joins INDIA bloc protest against Bihar electoral roll revision outside Parliament

The protest entered its 5th consecutive day. The MPs marched from the Gandhi statue on the Parliament premises ahead of the start of the day's session.

A student asked Shashi Tharoor the ‘inevitable’ Congress question. How the MP responded

Tharoor's relations with Congress have been on a downswing for a while now. He also led one of the government's delegations to world capitals to present India's stance on terror.

Rahul & Kharge write to PM Modi, urge him to fulfil promise of restoring statehood to J&K

Demand firmly grounded in constitutional & democratic rights, they say. This comes at a time when Omar Abdullah & Lt Governor Manoj Sinha are clashing over matters of jurisdiction.

Hours after son Priyank threatens ban, RSS shares visuals of Mallikarjun Kharge at 2002 Sangh event

Video clip shows current Congress chief purportedly attending the event, being called a ‘Sangh admirer’. Priyank Kharge had said that Congress would ban RSS, if voted to power at Centre.

Cong-Tharoor rift deepens with ‘bird’ posts on X, party leader Manickam Tagore calls it ‘war of birds’

Attacking Tharoor, Kharge said Cong puts 'country first,' unlike those who put 'Modi first', to which Tharoor replied with cryptic post 'wings are yours..sky belongs to no one'.

Kharge’s ‘Modi first’ swipe at Tharoor. Congress MP responds ‘wings are your, sky belongs to no one’

Though Kharge avoids clear reply to whether Tharoor will face disciplinary action, he makes it clear that ties have soured to an extent that no efforts are being made to mend it.

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.

On Camera

India’s most consequential decade & chronicling it as part of the dream team of journalism

You’d think the decade of 1985-95 is long over. Not really. The issues that erupted in that decade are still shaping Indian conversations.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.