With youngsters leaving Congress over the last one year, veteran party leader and Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday cautioned the party about young turks leaving the party and causing damage in the elections.
He was speaking at a function where MLA and former Minister M.B. Patil took charge as the State Congress campaign committee chairperson.
Mr. Kharge, who became Minister in his mid-thirties in the Devaraj Urs Government in 1978, said the Congress should promote youth leaders to bring the party back to power in the State and Centre. “Gopala Krishna Gokhale became AICC president at 39, Rajiv Gandhi at 41… When AICC people can go to top posts at this age, why can we not give youngsters a chance in good positions in the State?” he asked. Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi became the AICC president at the age of 42 in 1959, he pointed out.
