No ‘remote control’ in Congress: Mallikarjun Kharge

Mallikarjun Kharge pays floral tribute to Gandhi at Sabarmati Ashram, in Ahmedabad. Pic/PTI

Senior Congress leader and candidate for the party's presidential polls Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said there is no such thing as "remote control" in his party unlike the BJP, where every president is selected through a "consensus".

In the city to campaign for the election to the party's top post, Kharge asserted that if becomes the head of Congress, the remote control would be with him. He was replying to a query about the BJP's claim that he would act as the "remote control" and "proxy" of Sonia Gandhi after being elected to the post.

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"A lot of people say I am a remote control and work from behind. They say I will do what Sonia Gandhi will say. There is no such thing as remote control in Congress, people take decisions together. It is your thinking. A few people are creating this idea," Kharge said.

Attacking the BJP, he said, "How many times has the prime minister held (party president's) election? All the presidents were selected through consensus, and you are teaching me? Where is the remote control in the BJP? When I become president, the remote control will stay with me."

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