"mallikarjun-kharge"

The Chief Minister flew to Rae Barelli in a special flight from Begumpet Airport on Friday morning. After participating in Rahul Gandhi's nomination filing programme, he will fly back to Hyderabad.

Kharge said that "the only appeasement policy that we have seen in the last 10 years is the appeasement of Chinese by you and your ministers."

He mentioned that the names of the Congress candidates for both Amethi and Rae Bareli seats will be announced sometime later.

In his two-page letter, he told the prime minister that he is being misinformed by his advisors about things that are not even written in the 'Nyay Patra'.

Speaking at a poll rally at Afzalpur in this district, the 81-year-old also said that if they (people) did not vote for the Congress candidate, he would think that he did not have "any place" in Kalaburagi anymore.

The harsh remarks against the Muslims immediately after the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls by Prime Minister Modi is being seen as an attempt to polarise the polls and divide the society on religious lines.

Apart from Khammam, the Congress party is yet to announce candidates for Karimnagar and Hyderabad constituencies.

The Congress MP asserted that by blocking the accounts of the largest opposition party the BJP had caused great damage to Indian democracy.

The Congress will withdraw all amendments made by the Narendra Modi government to Forest Conservation and Land Acquisition Acts that have caused such great distress to Adivasis, he said.

The Congress panel tasked with preparing the party's manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls has prepared the draft which will now be discussed by the CWC.

Kharge termed the monthly dole a 'Congress guarantee' and a poll promise greater than the five 'guarantees' being fulfilled in Karnataka and the six being implemented in Telangana

The Congress President said that his party has a history of standing up against injustice in the state.

Even after nine months of ongoing violence in Manipur, the BJP government has remained an "utter failure" in defusing the situation and establishing an atmosphere of stability in the country, he said.

Sources on Thursday said the leaders would meet in the chamber of Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge at 10.30 am on Friday and discuss their joint strategy

Soren resigned as chief minister Wednesday evening after over seven hours of questioning by the ED on money laundering charges linked to alleged land fraud. Thereafter, he was arrested by the agency.

Kharge on Monday chief claimed that PM Modi will declare a dictatorship after this year's general elections.

Nitish Kumar took the oath as Chief Minister of Bihar for the ninth time in Raj Bhawan, Patna, switching sides again, this time with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

The Congress chief was quoted as saying that Ambedkar foresaw the dangers of blind devotion; be it in politics or religion.

On January 4, senior Congress leaders from across the country discussed the party's strategy for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and seat sharing with other parties besides preparations for the Bharat Nyay Yatra.

Kharge alleged that the Prime Minister's recent attention to tribal welfare is in the run-up to the elections and questioned the increased rate of crimes against tribals compared to 2013.