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Kharge skips PM’s Red Fort address; Congress deems it a ‘crass election speech’ with point by point rebuttal

Even as the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge skipped Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation from the Red Fort, triggering a controversy, the Congress hit back with a statement that described Mr. Modi’s speech as a “crass election speech”.

Mr. Kharge contested the Prime Minister’s assertion that he (Mr. Modi) would hoist the Tricolour again from the Red Fort next year, and stated that he (Mr. Modi) would so from his residence.

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