Lok Sabha elections: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has indicated that he won’t contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, citing his age as an element influencing this choice. 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 talking to mediapersons at a press convention at his residence in New Delhi.
When requested if senior occasion leaders are shying away from contesting the Lok Sabha polls, Kharge mentioned that he’s 83-year-old indicating that he might not enter the ballot fray this time. However, he mentioned that if employees ask him to battle the elections he might accomplish that.
‘I am 83’
Asked about experiences that senior leaders have been opting out of contesting the Lok Sabha polls, Kharge mentioned, “It is wrong that we are backing out. I am 83-year-old, you (journalists) retire at 65. So I am 83.”
“If given a chance, everyone goes and tells our party workers (that I should fight) if they say then I will definitely fight. Look, sometimes we are at the back, sometimes we are at the forefront, we also have a list of ten people asking for the same 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 guarantee. We started in Karnataka, won the elections, later we did it in Telangana. Modi Saheb is stealing our guarantee and saying ‘this is our guarantee’,” the Congress chief mentioned.
Kharge additionally mentioned that his occasion has began the method of constructing draft guidelines for the Minimum Support Price (MSP) that can be carried out as soon as they arrive to energy.
“The guarantee is for MSP. We announced MSP for farmers. We are also making a law to ensure MSP guarantees for their crops, we will legalise it. This is also our guarantee.”
(With PTI inputs)
