Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday got here down closely on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central authorities over the tariffs imposed on India by the USA and the deportation of Indians from the US. He additionally addressed Congress’s poor efficiency within the lately concluded Meeting polls in Delhi, the place the grand previous celebration drew a clean for the third time in a row.
Addressing common secretaries and in-charges, together with these appointed final week, at a gathering held on the celebration’s headquarters at Indira Bhawan in New Delhi, the Congress veteran chief attacked the Modi authorities, saying that PM Modi did not oppose US tariffs on India, which is an insult to the nation and Indians.
आज AICC Basic Secretaries और Incharges की बैठक में मेरे शुरूआती वक्तव्य के कुछ अंश –
हमें काँग्रेस पार्टी की ideology के COMMITTED ऐसे लोगों को आगे बढ़ाना चाहिए जो विपरीत माहौल में भी चटटान की तरह हमारे साथ खड़े हैं।
मैं यहां एक सबसे जरूरी बात Accountability के बारे में भी… pic.twitter.com/UcJp3QPWoc
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) February 19, 2025
On February 13, hours earlier than Prime Minister Modi’s bilateral assembly with Trump within the White Home, the US President introduced reciprocal tariffs.
Underneath the plan, the Trump administration “will work strenuously to counter non-reciprocal buying and selling preparations with buying and selling companions by figuring out the equal of a reciprocal tariff for every overseas buying and selling associate.”
Kharge additionally attacked the central authorities over the deportation of unlawful Indian immigrants from the US. “The Modi authorities has did not cease the insult of Indians deported from the USA,” he stated. The feedback from the Congress president got here within the wake of stories that a number of unlawful immigrants had been despatched again from the USA below harsh situations.
A US army plane carrying 112 “unlawful” Indian immigrants landed at Amritsar airport late on Sunday night, the third such aircraft bringing deportees amid a crackdown by the Donald Trump administration towards unlawful immigrants.
On February 5, a US army plane carrying the primary batch of 104 unlawful Indian immigrants landed in Amritsar. Of the deportees within the first batch, 33 had been from Haryana, 33 from Gujarat, and 30 from Punjab. The deportees claimed their arms and legs had been cuffed all through the journey, and so they had been unshackled solely after touchdown in Amritsar.
On Saturday night, a second plane introduced 116 deportees from the USA, amid questions raised by a number of political leaders over the BJP-led Centre’s transfer to permit planes carrying immigrants to land in Amritsar.
Whereas addressing the Congress’s ballot debacle within the nationwide capital, Kharge asserted that the grand previous celebration fought polls regardless of an absence of sources and urged celebration leaders to attempt to emerge as the principle opposition celebration.
The BJP stormed again to energy in Delhi after 27 years after securing 48 out of 70 seats, ending Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Social gathering’s (AAP) 10-year rule within the nationwide capital. Within the meeting polls, the Congress improved its vote share barely; nevertheless, the celebration did not open its account.
