'Kaam karne se naam bantha hain’, Kharge on changing names

Mangaluru: Rajya Sabha opposition leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday, September 11 said that citizens should start raising their voice against the government over the selling of the country’s assets.

Kharge, who is in the city said, “BJP leaders keep questioning has our party done in the last 70 years. From where do they think the IIT, numerous medical and engineering colleges and 366 public sectors come from? In 1951, there were only five public sectors which increased up to 366 which are now being sold one after another by the BJP government.

“In those 70 years, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and H D Deve Gowda were also the Prime Ministers. Congress have always worked for the poor and stood for the deprived,” Kharge.

“The government is also busy changing names of the previous governments’ work. We have done the work, hence the places are named after our leaders. So work and earn the name, ‘kaam karne se naam bantha hain’,” he added.

“Earlier, there were 16 lac jobs in railway sector which is now down to 12 lac, while in the telecom sector there were 4 lac jobs which has come down drastically. Why the government has to privatize sectors that are under profit. The sectors which are under severe loss can be scrapped,” he said.