“I had told in Parliament that many big Congress leaders will run away from Lok Sabha elections and barge into Rajya Sabha. That is what has exactly happened. They gave up what they thought is their inheritance right and ran away,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, in an oblique referrance to All India Congress Committee president Mallikarjun Kharge, at an election rally in Hosapete on Sunday.
After Mr. Modi’s comments in Lok Sabha, Mr. Kharge was defeated in 2019 Lok Sabha elections on his home turf, Kalaburagi. He was later elected to the Rajya Sabha and then, elected as the Leader of Opposition in the Upper House.
Mr. Modi also said that the Congress and its allies have rejected the invitation to the inauguration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and called upon the people to reject them in the elections.
