PM face can be discussed later, let's win elections first: Kharge after I.N.D.I.A. bloc meeting

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, after the I.N.D.I.A. bloc's meeting ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections which was held in Delhi today, said that their alliance's focus should be on winning elections first, the Prime Minister's face can be decided later.

"Our priority is to win first. Who becomes the PM can be discussed later. If MPs are not there, what is the use of talking about the PM? We should first try to fight unitedly and bring majority," Mallikarjun Kharge said in response to media queries on reports suggesting that West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee proposed his name as the PM face of the I.N.D.I.A. alliance.

Speaking on the suspension of MPs from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha after ruckus over discussions over Parliament security breach issue, Kharge said, "We have passed a resolution that suspension is undemocratic.



We will all have to fight to save democracy and all of us are ready to do that. We raised the issue of security breach in the Parliament. We have been saying for a long time that Union HM Amit Shah or PM Modi should come to the Parliament and speak in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha about the issue of Parliament security breach, but they are refusing to do so..."

Further speaking to reporters, Kharge said, "28 parties participated in our fourth meeting and kept their thoughts before the committee of the alliance. It is a matter of happiness that a unanimous decision was taken on how the alliance should go forward."

"We have decided to hold 8-10 meetings across the country. If alliance partners don't come together on one stage, then people will not know about it. It's a good thing that the meeting lasted for 2-3 hours," Kharge said.