Mallikarjun Kharge’  

While former President Pranab Mukherjee passed away, his visit to RSS in Nagpur still continues to give Congress sleepless nights
 

With just a few days left for the two states of Haryana and Maharashtra to go for polls, it looks like Congress has already accepted defeat and is only fighting for a lost cause.

A loss in his home turf Kalaburagi in the Lok Sabha election and now a tough challenge to oversee the Congress campaign in the Maharashtra Assembly election, Mallikarjun Kharge is no doubt walking a tight rope.  A win will stamp his authority on Karnataka Congress, but a loss could mean the end of his political career.

Pakistan Army spokesperson Asif Ghafoor has defended the Indian defence minister Rajnath Singh saying, "Nothing wrong in Rafale Puja as it goes by the religion."

Maharashtra Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam has slammed senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge over his remarks on defence minister Rajnath Singh performing Shastra Puja to the brand new Rafale 

With more MLAs tendering resignations, here is what Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mallikarjun Kharge had to say.
 

Veteran Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge has blamed the BJP for the resignation of 12 MLAs in Karnataka. 

In a bid to extricate the state from the present political impasse, JD(S) chief HD Deve Gowda has offered the post of CM to senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge. On the other hand, Congress wants to make another senior leader Ramalinga Reddy the second deputy chief minister

Four political stalwarts will not represent their constituencies from Karnataka in the Lok Sabha. Their phenomenal runs in the elections, over several decades have come to a grinding halt due to either miscalculations or charges of nepotism and corruption

Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, former chief minister Veerappa Moily, 10-time MLA and 2-time MP Mallikajuna Kharge, 7-time MLA KH Muniyappa and Ballari by-election hero VS Ugrappa tasted defeat in the hands of BJP opponents this Lok Sabha election in Karnataka
 

While Gandhi has, at least in principle, offered to resign, taking the responsibility of the near-complete rout to PM Narendra Modi-led BJP, the Congress, as usual, has decided to lay the blame on lesser beings of the party

Mallikarjun Kharge the veteran congress leader who has never lost an election is going to face tough competition this time

 

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge won the last Lok Sabha election against BJP's Revu Naik Belamagi and has also won the assembly election 10 times. This time, he faces his former colleague and now arch-rival Umesh Jadhav of the BJP
 

Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Siddaramaiah said that Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge is not only capable of becoming the chief minister but can achieve much more

After Kumaraswamy praised Mallikarjun Kharge, Yeddyurappa asked the former to resign and make the veteran Congressman the chief minister of Karnataka