Amid the polling for the second phase of elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday appealed to people to cast their votes in large number for positive change that will "secure their future" and "guarantee unbridled welfare."
Reacting to the appointment of Subhankar Sarkar as the new Bengal Congress president, the party's former state chief, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, said that anyone can become the president, and the party high command, Mallikarjun Kharge, has the right to decide on such things.
A day after getting appointed as West Bengal Congress President, Subhankar Sarkar said that he wanted to take forward the programmes of the Congress by keeping all the party workers together.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge stated on Saturday that priority of Congress is to restore statehood of Jammu and Kashmir, adding that the state has never been changed to Union Territory before.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge approved the proposal of the formation of the Pradesh Election Committee, Campaign Committee, and Manifesto Committee of the Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee, an official statement said.
As polling for assembly elections are approaching Haryana, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday, in a satirical video, took a jibe at the BJP-led Haryana Government and said that the state government has been sleeping for 10 years.
On September 17, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling for strict action against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders who made controversial remarks about Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi.
Jagat Prakash Nadda has responded to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In his response, Nadda criticised Kharge's defence of Rahul Gandhi, labelling it as an effort to "polish a failed product."
Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal, former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan, among other leaders, were also present at the manifesto launch at the AICC headquarters in Delhi.
Indian National Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge appealed everyone to participate in the "crucial election and be the catalysts for change" as first phase of polling begins in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.