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**Kharge Criticizes Tharoor’s Praises for Modi, Accuses Election Commission of Bias**
**New Delhi:** Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has taken a swipe at senior party leader Shashi Tharoor for his repeated praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, suggesting some prioritize Modi over the nation. This barb comes amidst reports of growing differences between Tharoor and the Congress party leadership.
Kharge’s remarks were triggered by Tharoor’s selection to lead an all-party delegation for ‘Operation Sindoor’ by the central government. While acknowledging Tharoor’s eloquence, Kharge stated, “I had said in Gulbarga that we speak with one voice, we stand together for the country. We stood together in Operation Sindoor. We said the country comes first, but some people say Modi comes first, the country later. What should we do?”
Kharge didn’t stop there, he also launched a scathing attack on the Election Commission, accusing it of being a puppet of the Modi government. “Narendra Modi says he is winning the election. When Rahul Gandhi questioned it, the ED had no answer. The Election Commission has become a puppet of Modi,” Kharge asserted. He further alleged that Modi claims victory in Bihar through the manipulation of machines, not through genuine electoral support.
In addition, Kharge addressed the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, criticizing the BJP’s stance on the Constitution. He accused those who had no role in India’s independence of undermining the Constitution, stating that the BJP is unnerved by the “Save the Constitution Yatra.” He further criticized the government’s failures on issues like inflation and unemployment, and for not attending all-party meetings, only to then hold rallies in Pahalgam.
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