Will Mallikarjun Kharge Win Gulbarga again?
Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge is hoping for a third straight victory from the Gulbarga Lok Sabha
His opponent, Umesh Jadhav, is a Congress rebel who joined the BJP and will be banking on the support of the numerically significant Banjara community, The New Indian Express reported. The report added that many influential Congress politicians who had backed Kharge in the last election have switched sides to the BJP now, making the Dalit leader’s position more uncertain. The BJP has won the Gulbarga seat, a Congress stronghold, only once since 1977.
Kharge, who enjoys the Gandhi family’s trust, has often been sent by the party to deal with messy political situations in different states, including his own Karnataka. The 76-year-old has often been in the running to become the state’s CM, most recently in 2017, but each time, he has lost out to others. His son Priyank Kharge is currently a minister in HD Kumaraswamy’s cabinet.
Kharge, who was the leader of the Congress in the 16th Lok Sabha, had high levels of attendance in each Parliament session since 2014, according to data from PRS India.
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