Why Mallikarjun Kharge is Congress' best bet going forward in Maharashtra

Seventy-five-year-old Kharge is a phlegmatic leader whose virtues have lately dawned on the Congress high command

After being marginalised in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra has emerged as the most important state for the Congress ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. And it looks like the grand old party is making efforts to get its act together in the premier state in order to make inroads into the newfound Bharatiya Janata Party bastion.

As the ruling NDA in the state is rocked by the Shiv Sena’s revolt, there is more than an opportunity for the Congress to reclaim lost ground. So the appointment of senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge as the general secretary in charge of Congress affairs