Congress would raise the issues of inflation, unemployment, and border dispute with China during the Budget session of Parliament, said the party’s president, Mallikarjun Kharge, on Tuesday. “We wanted to participate in the President’s maiden address but arrived here late due to the weather conditions, for which we apologise. In this Budget session, we will raise the issues of inflation, unemployment and border dispute with China,” said Kharge. Congress chief also said that the party will raise the issue of government banks lending huge amounts of loans to certain capitalists. “We have decided to raise the issues we feel are not happening for the country’s good and we are asking questions on them but the government is not taking the initiative on them. Instead of congratulating the leader (Rahul Gandhi) who has walked from Kanyakumari to Kashmir to hoist the national flag, they (Centre) are only cursing him. This shows that they don’t want good for anybody,” Kharge added. Earlier in the morning, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that party chief and Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge, along with other Members of Parliament (MPs), would not be able to attend the address of President Droupadi Murmu in Parliament as the flights from Srinagar were delayed. “Due to the delayed flights from Srinagar airport on account of inclement weather conditions, Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and many other Congress MPs will be unable to attend the President’s address to both Houses of Parliament at 11 a.m. today,” Jairam Ramesh said in a tweet. The party leaders had gone to Srinagar to attend the closing ceremony of the Bharat Jodo Yatra on Monday.
