Make poll promises you can keep: Kharge raps Karnataka

By our Special Correspondent

Congress chief Mallikarjuna Kharge publicly rapped the Karnataka government on Thursday after Deputy Chief Minister DK Sivakumar suggested that a key guarantee of the government would be reviewed. Don’t bite off more than you can chew, Kharge cautioned, citing the Karnataka controversy to advise other Congress units in poll-bound states like Jharkhand and Maharashtra to balance poll promises with fiscal prudence. "You promised five guarantees in Karnataka. Inspired by you, we made a promise of five guarantees in Maharashtra.