Mallikarjun Kharge makes way for son-in-law on home turf, unlikely to contest Lok Sabha polls

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Congress Thursday fielded party chief Mallikarjun Kharge‘s son-in-law Radhakrishna Doddamani from the former’s home turf of Gulbarga, amid clear indications that the octogenarian leader is unlikely to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

“Kharge ji’s hands are full. In addition to managing party affairs at the national level, he has to coordinate with the INDIA bloc partners. Also, his term in the Rajya Sabha is not yet over,” a senior Congress leader told news agency PTI.

Mallikarjun Kharge had won the Lok Sabha polls from the Gulbarga (Kalaburagi) segment in 2009 and 2014 but suffered a defeat in the 2019 general elections to BJP’s Umesh Jadhav by a margin of 95,452.