2025 marked by ‘loot and misgovernance’ : Kharge

On the eve of the New Year, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge has directly attacked the BJP-led central government. Through a long post on his X handle, he raised the question of where the country has gone in the BJP's 11th year in power and what the common citizen has received.

According to Kharge, as 2025 draws to close, basic issues like employment, inflation, democratic rights, environment, and social security remain unresolved for the people.

The Congress president accused the government of virtually ending MGNREGA, saying that this has snatched away the "right to work" from crores of poor people. He also claimed that youth unemployment rates remain at high levels and no effective action has been taken against paper leak mafias so far.

Kharge raised questions over implementing the SIR process without adequate preparation and without training BLOs. According to him, this has affected the voting rights of crores of people and exposed the BJP's "vote theft".

The post also expressed serious concern over economic inequality. According to Kharge, nearly 40 percent of the country's total wealth has become concentrated in the hands of just the top 1 percent, deepening the social and economic divide.

He mentioned the continuous weakening of the rupee, saying that the RBI had to sell 32 billion dollars (about 2.8 lakh crore rupees), yet the currency could not be stabilized.