- September 11, 2024
’20 More Seats And They Would Be In Jail’: Kharge’s Tirade Against BJP Draws ‘Emergency’ Reminder – News18
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s 20 seats away from sending them to jail remark drew flak from the BJP. (Image: File Photo)
The Congress national president was campaigning for the Congress-NC alliance in Anantnag and made the comments at a rally there.
Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge launched a fierce attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday saying that they were 20 seats away from sending BJP leaders to jail.
Kharge was referencing the INDIA bloc’s performance in the Lok Sabha elections earlier this year where they won 234 seats. He also took a jibe at the BJP over it not winning 400 seats despite campaigning on that plank.
“Where did those who crossed 400 go? They got reduced to 240 seats. If we had got 20 more seats, all these people would have been in jail. These people deserve to be in jail,” Kharge said at the rally in Anantnag.
The remark drew flak from the BJP which said that the comments are a reminder of Congress’ dictatorial mentality and said that they were the ones who declared Emergency in the mid-70s.
