Congress party is not by or for individuals: Priyank Kharge

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 Priyank Kharge connected  Wednesday (January 7, 2026) lashed retired  astatine  erstwhile  Minister and MLA K.N. Rajanna for his remark that Congress would go  irrelevant successful  the State without Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. File

 Priyank Kharge connected Wednesday (January 7, 2026) lashed retired astatine erstwhile Minister and MLA K.N. Rajanna for his remark that Congress would go irrelevant successful the State without Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu

Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge connected Wednesday (January 7, 2026) lashed retired astatine erstwhile Minister and MLA K.N. Rajanna for his remark that Congress would go irrelevant successful the State without Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

Mr Rajanna, a Congress MLA, had said connected Tuesday that determination was nary Congress without Siddaramaiah.

Speaking to reporters here, Mr Kharge, without naming Mr Rajanna, said that aft winning and coming to power, issuing specified statements was wrong. “The enactment is not by, oregon for, individuals. None indispensable hide that we (leaders) are present due to the fact that of workers. Without workers, neither I nor anyone other is simply a leader,” Mr Priyank said, portion responding to a question.

Asked astir delays successful appointing Congress workers to boards and corporations, Mr. Kharge said they indispensable person patience.

Mr Kharge continued his tirade against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) aft a peculiar tribunal issued notices to him and different Congress leaders successful a defamation case. “RSS is an unregistered, unregulated and unconstitutional body. Why should we beryllium scared? I travel the Buddha-Basava ideology. Ambedkar’s conflict is successful my blood,” Mr. Kharge said.

He further said, “Why does (RSS chief) Mohan Bhagwat get beforehand information liaison astatine taxpayers’ expense? “It is not that the RSS should beryllium astir for different 100 years. It is amended if everyone functions arsenic per the Constitution,” helium said. (EOM)

Published - January 08, 2026 05:57 americium IST

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