Tag: Congress chief Kharge

The party leader also discussed the impending special session of the Parliament with the Congress Working Committee as well as the government's plans to control the Election Commission. Mallikarjun Kharge, the president of the Congress, claimed on Saturday that "serious internal challenges" were being faced by the nation and that the BJP was "adding fuel to the fire" to ignite violent occurrences like those in Manipur and Haryana, which damage India's reputation as a secular and progressive nation. Ahead of the impending special session of Parliament, Kharge warned party members of the government's "intentions" and said that "it wants a Parliament without the opposition" in his opening remarks at the first meeting of the newly created Congress Working Committee (CWC) today. Addition