{"id":484597,"date":"2023-08-15T11:09:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T05:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=484597"},"modified":"2023-08-15T11:09:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T05:39:31","slug":"congress-president-mallikarjun-kharge-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/politics\/congress-president-mallikarjun-kharge-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge skips PM Modi&#8217;s I-Day speech at Red Fort"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At the Independence Day celebration at Red Fort when PM Modi addressed the nation on the occasion of the 77th Independence Day, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge was absent. The seat designated for Mallikarjun Kharge, which had his name printed on it, remained empty as PM Modi attacked Congress&#8217;s corruption and dynasty politics from the Red Fort&#8217;s ramparts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;While avoiding mentioning Prime Minister Modi, the Congress president stated in a video speech that some people believe India has only recently begun to develop. But such assumption is incorrect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congress President said, some people give the impression that the nation has recently developed. However, that is untrue. He also said, The situation was so bad when the British left that not even a needle was made in the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/08\/15110709\/Malikarjun-Kharge-Misses-I-Day-Celebrations-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-484600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/08\/15110709\/Malikarjun-Kharge-Misses-I-Day-Celebrations-2023.jpg 700w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/08\/15110709\/Malikarjun-Kharge-Misses-I-Day-Celebrations-2023-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/08\/15110709\/Malikarjun-Kharge-Misses-I-Day-Celebrations-2023-150x101.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then Pandit Nehru made significant advancements, built dams, steel mills, and institutions like the IIT, IIM, and AIIMS. Indira Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shashtri introduced the green revolution and declared India independent, Karge added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kharge recalled Rajiv Gandhi&#8217;s role in bringing forth the telecom revolution at a time when some individuals in the nation were opposed to technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the party claimed that Kharge was ill when he missed the Red Fort ceremony, yet he raised the National Flag at the Congress headquarters, sparking a new debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many BJP ministers, according to Congress leader&nbsp;Rajiv Shukla, were absent from the Red Fort ceremony. He said, Kharge ji is occupied with the Congress office&#8217;s Independence Day programme. The Red Fort was not reached by many preachers. How is it relevant? They are all taking part in the Independence Day celebrations, according to Rajiv Shukla. He further said, many other ministers did not reach Red Fort. How is it relevant? They are all taking part in the Independence Day celebrations, according to Rajiv Shukla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also today wished all Indians a happy 77th Independence Day and referred to Bharat Mata as their collective voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also discussed his 145-day Bharat Jodo Yatra journey, saying that it began at the sea&#8217;s edge and ended in Kashmir&#8217;s snow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meanwhile, the party claimed that Kharge was ill when he missed the Red Fort ceremony, yet he raised the National Flag at the Congress headquarters, sparking a new debate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":484601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4,125714],"tags":[111,936,111906,160063,37829],"yst_prominent_words":[3813,8533,14319,85295,22261,63564,12867,10380,88295,49802,37818],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/08\/15110823\/kharge-1665420124-1-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484597"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=484597"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=484597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->