PM Modi used student interaction as political campaign: Kharge

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge accused the prime minister of using opposition labels to divert attention from the government’s failures. File. | Photo credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday (September 6, 2026) accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of turning his interaction with students at Delhi’s Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) into a “political campaign” instead of addressing issues of youth, education and their future.

In a post on X, Mr Kharge said the Prime Minister’s visit to the SRCC was an opportunity to dialogue with the country’s youth, but claimed Mr Modi chose to avoid their questions.

He accused the prime minister of distracting attention from the government’s failures by using labels for the opposition. Referring to terms like “Naraaz Phupha” (Angry Uncle), “Dimagi Naxal”, “Urban Naxal”, “Khan Market Gang”, “Andolanjeevi” and “Parjeeevi”, Mr Kharge said “adjectives keep changing” but the government’s “anti-people policies do not”.

“Range is only needed when you become out of range,” Mr. Kharge said.

Presenting Mr Modi’s government “report card”, the Congress leader said the country’s youth had their own report card of “unemployment, delays in government recruitment, paper leaks, rising cost of education, shrinking scholarship opportunities and growing pressure on university autonomy”.

Mr Kharge also referred to the Congress’s Chhatron Ki Goonj campaign and urged Mr Modi to listen to the program and find some solutions instead of “beating the bush”.

His remarks came a day after Mr. Modi’s interaction at SRCC, where the Prime Minister addressed students on issues related to India’s economic growth, education and opportunities for the youth.

Published – 06 Sep 2026 21:28 IST