Shah finds Kharge’s ‘won’t die until’ remark distasteful; Modi wishes him good health

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has found Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s remark that he would not die as long as Narendra Modi was in power “absolutely distasteful and disgraceful”.

Shah said Kharge had unnecessarily dragged the prime minister into his personal health matters in “a bitter display of spite”.

Kharge’s remark

Kharge was taken ill at an election rally in Jasrota in Jammu on Sunday, as he suffered a “syncopal attack” (fainting) but he resumed his speech after a brief pause, saying he would not die before Modi was removed from power.

“I am 83 years old. I am not going to die so early. I will stay alive till PM Modi is removed from power,” the Congress leader said. “I wanted to talk. But due to dizziness, I have sat down. Please pardon me.”

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Modi speaks to Kharge

While Modi later spoke to Kharge to inquire about his health, Shah hit out at Kharge over his remarks.

“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 saying that he would die only after removing PM Modi from power,” Shah wrote on X.

Congress’s ‘hate and fear’ for Modi

He said Kharge’s remarks showed how much hate and fear the Congress has for PM Modi and that they are constantly thinking of him.

“As for the health of Mr. Kharge Ji, Modi Ji prays, I pray and we all pray that he lives a long, healthy life. May he continue to live for many years and may he live to see the creation of a Viksit Bharat by 2047,” the minister said.

(With agency inputs)