Will Congress retain Karnataka? Moily, Kharge tell India Today

Senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Veerappa Moily joined senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai for a session titled "Can Congress retain Karnataka" at the India Today Karnataka Panchayat event held at Hotel Lalit Ashok in Bengaluru.

Sardesai started by asking, "Since 1985, no chief minister has been re-elected in Karnataka. Can Congress break the jinx?" Mallikarjun Kharge responded saying, "We are definitely coming back. People who say otherwise don't know the ground reality. We don't polarise. Out of 165 promises we made in our election manifesto, we delivered 155. People are happy."

When asked if Congress is fighting the upcoming election on Siddaramaiah's brand image rather than Rahul Gandhi's, Kharge said, "Don't try to divide us. It's not the size of the poster that matters, it is the ideology."