Kharge highlights Sonia Gandhi's editorial on PM Modi, says "preaching consensus, provoking confrontation"
Sonia Gandhi in a leading English daily, Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition and party president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not «reflecting» on the message given to him by voters in the recent parliamentary elections.
"'There is no evidence that the Prime Minister has come to terms with the electoral outcome or has reflected on the message sent to him by voters', writes CPP Chairperson, Smt. Sonia Gandhi," posted Kharge on social media platform X today.
Alongside his tweet, Kharge also attached the news article tilted «Preaching consensus, provoking confrontation,» written by the Sonia Gandhi, the chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary party.
In her editorial in the English news daily, Gandhi claimed that the PM's third term was not part of the electoral outcome as there is no evidence to prove it.
Notably, in the 2024 general elections, BJP victory tally was much lower than its 2019 tally of 303 and the 282 seats it had won in 2014. The Congress, on the other hand, registered a strong growth, winning 99 seats compared to 52 that it had won in 2019 and 44 seats in 2014.
On Friday during Rajya Sabha proceedings Kharge and other oppostion members entered the well of the House resulting in adjournment of the Upper House. Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar said that he was pained over the conduct of Kharge.
The Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha said that the Opposition was trying to draw the government's attention to concerns of lakhs of students who have appeared in
