'Bitter display of spite': Shah on Kharge's 'won't die till PM removed from power' remark

Union home minister Amit Shah says Kharge he unnecessarily dragged PM Modi into his personal health matters.

Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday criticised Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge for his statement that he will not die before ousting Prime Minister Narendra Modi from power.

Kharge made this remark when he fell ill during a campaign rally in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. Shah said the remark showed how much hate and fear "these Congress people have of PM Modi".

“In a bitter display of spite, he unnecessarily dragged PM Modi into his personal health matters by saying that he would die only after removing PM Modi from power. It just shows how much hate and fear these Congress people have of PM Modi, that they are thinking of him constantly,” Shah wrote on X.

Yesterday, the Congress President Shri Mallikarjun Kharge Ji has outperformed himself, his leaders and his party in being absolutely distasteful and disgraceful in his speech.In a bitter display of spite, he unnecessarily dragged PM Modi into his personal health matters by
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Shortly after he fell ill, Kharge said that he would not die anytime soon, at least not before defeating Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"We will definitely grant statehood and fight for it, no matter what. I am not going to leave it like this. I am 83 years old, and I’m not going to die so soon. I will stay alive until we remove Modi. I will listen to you and fight for you," said the Congress chief in the rally.

Jammu and Kashmir Congress vice president Ravindra Sharma said Kharge felt dizzy and was taken to a room, where doctors were called for a check-up. "He suffered syncopal attack (fainting). He was brought here for evaluation. He was facing increased sweating," a doctor told PTI.

PM Modi also spoke to Kharge to enquire about his health hours after the Rajya Sabha MP fell ill.