Indian Politician Mallikarjun Kharge's Controversial Statements Spark Debate

This is not the first time Kharge has courted controversy over his statements. Earlier too, he had made controversial statements. On 21 April 2026, Mallikarjun Kharge had called PM Modi a'terrorist '. During the 2022 Gujarat election campaign, Kharge had referred to the BJP and Ravana as'ten-headed Ravana '. Kharge was delivering a speech criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an Ad Congress event. Meanwhile, a person in the audience reportedly intervened and said that Prime Minister Modi was not going anywhere. Kharge said that Modi's father would also go. Kharge's remarks during the Assam Assembly elections sparked a controversy. Just as a poisonous snake is killed during namaz, today the poisonous snake RSS and BJP are not allowed to be safe. During the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, Kharge used the word'terrorist'for PM Modi in Chennai and a Naxalite during an election campaign in Karnataka.