Kharge Poster Defaced In Congress Infighting After He Rebukes Adhir Over Mamata Support

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s poster was found defaced outside the party office in Kolkata with “TMC Dalal” written across his photo on Monday. The incident comes a day after Kharge rebuked West Bengal unit chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, asserting that he was “no one to decide” on Mamata Banerjee’s inclusion in the Opposition INDIA bloc.

Sharing details of the incident on social media platform X, BJP leader Amit Malviya wrote, “The internecine war between the Congress spills out. After Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge openly castigated Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for taking on Mamata Banerjee, his posters outside Congress headquarters in West Bengal have been defaced with ‘TMC Dalal’ written across.”

Pune Police has arrested father of the 17-year-old boy whose car allegedly knocked down and killed two people in Kalyani Nagar area. The father had been absconding after a case was registered against him. An officer said that he was held in Maharashtra’s Sambhajinagar, and will be brought to Pune soon.

Pune police commissioner Amitesh Kumar said, “Police have taken the incident seriously, and have taken action under IPC section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder). We moved two applications in this case. We also took action under sections 75 (punishment for cruelty to child) and 77 (penalty for giving intoxicating liquor or narcotic drug or psychotropic substance to a child) of Juvenile Justice Act against the father of the accused.”