Hubli, May 8 (). In an emotional appeal, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday asked the people of Karnataka to take pride in the fact that a son of the land is leading the party.
Addressing a public meeting in his home constituency Kalaburagi, he said he was 81 years old and if anyone wanted to eliminate him, do so, had no qualms. The veteran leader was referring to an alleged audio of Manikant Rathore, the BJP candidate in Chittapur constituency, in which he had allegedly said that he would wipe out the entire Kharge family.
Significantly, Rathore is facing several criminal cases including murder and is fighting against Kharge’s son Priyank Kharge. Kharge said, there must be some BJP leaders behind the words of this man. Otherwise, how can they muster the courage to say in audio that they will destroy Kharge’s family?
In the public meeting, Kharge said that no one can eliminate him so easily. He said, I have the constitution of Babasaheb (Ambedkar) to protect me. The people of Karnataka are behind me and now after becoming the Congress President, the people of the country are behind me.
He said that there is a conspiracy angle behind it and senior BJP leaders would have supported it. Kharge called upon the people of Kalaburagi to vote for the Congress to win all assembly seats in the district and neighboring Yadgir district. He said that the Congress leadership has made me its chief and Kalburgi should make the Congress candidates win the elections.
He said that during the Gujarat elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was appealing to all the BJP candidates to save their honor by winning the elections, as he is the son of the land of Gujarat. Kharge said that similarly he is also a Bhumiputra of Karnataka and hence, people should make the Congress win.
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