New Delhi: Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi receives a memento from newly elected Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge during the ceremony for presentation of certificate of election to the latter, at AICC Headquarters in New Delhi, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. (PTI Photo)
New Delhi: Hitting out at the BJP and RSS after officially taking over as the Congress President, Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said that the saffron party and the RSS are “attempting to replace the Baba Saheb’s Constitution with Sangh Constitution”.
In his maiden speech, he said, “there is an attempt the replace Baba Saheb’s Constitution with Sangh Constitution but Congress will not let it happen. “
He alleged that New India is without jobs, poverty is prevalent and farmers are being crushed under wheels. The government’s effort is to make the country’s opposition less but the Congress will fight the government for the people.
He said as per Udaipur declaration, the party posts will be filled and there will be a social advisory Committee with special emphasis on Schedules Caste, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes.
He said that he started his career as a block Congress committee worker in 1969 and now he is the party President.
He thanked party veteran Sonia Gandhi for her effort to strengthen the Congress as President.
This post was last modified on October 26, 2022 1:05 pm