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AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge connected Friday received his certificate of predetermination aft being elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka for a 2nd consecutive term.
Mr. Kharge was welcomed by galore including Ministers Sharan Prakash Patil, Eshwar Khandre and Yathindra Siddaramaiah, on with MLAs A.S. Ponnanna, Ashok Pattan, Narendra Swamy and different enactment leaders.
Senior Ministers, MLAs, and MLCs had gathered astatine the Vidhana Soudha to greet the AICC president. Several ministerial aspirants and leaders considered adjacent to Mr. Kharge were besides contiguous and congratulated him connected his re-election.
Accompanied by legislators, Legislative Council members and supporters, Mr. Kharge proceeded to the bureau of Returning Officer Vishalakshi and received the certificate. He aboriginal visited the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) bureau and interacted with legislators.
Milestone
Speaking to reporters, Mr. Kharge described the juncture arsenic a important milestone successful his governmental travel and thanked the radical of Karnataka and the Congress enactment for reposing religion successful him.
“I person got an accidental to service the radical for the 13th time. I convey the radical of Kalaburagi, the radical of Karnataka, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, enactment leaders and workers,” helium said.
Recalling his agelong governmental tenure, Mr. Kharge said helium had archetypal entered the legislature successful 1972 and had witnessed respective governmental and societal changes implicit the past six decades.
“I person seen galore ups and downs during these 60 years. There person been changes crossed sectors and among each sections of society,” helium said. He said the enactment enactment had repeatedly entrusted him with responsibilities and opportunities to service the people.
‘Anti-democratic’
Responding to questions connected the rejection of Congress campaigner Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha information successful Madhya Pradesh, Mr. Kharge termed the determination “illegal” and “anti-democratic.”
He said the Congress would prosecute ineligible remedies and alleged that the rejection would not person occurred without governmental interference. “What has happened is against the instrumentality and against democracy. We volition attack the courts,” helium said.
When asked astir the Narendra Modi authorities completing 12 years successful office, Mr. Kharge declined to remark successful detail, saying the time was meant for celebrating his election. “Today is simply a bully day. I volition talk astir those issues successful item connected different occasion,” helium said.
