‘Will stay alive until...’: Kharge vows to unseat Modi after feeling dizzy during J&K poll campaign

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday vowed that he would unseat Prime Minister Narendra Modi and will not die soon. Kharge made the comment after he felt dizzy and stopped his speech midway while campaigning for assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir.

The 83-year-old Congress president felt dizzy while addressing a public rally in Kathua. Kharge was paying tribute to a head constable who was killed in an ongoing operation with terrorists in Kathua. Two other police personnel have been injured in the incident and one terrorist has been killed, PTI reported.

"He was addressing a public rally in Jasrota when he felt uneasy and dizzy. His colleagues helped him into a chair," Congress general secretary Gulam Ahmed Mir told PTI. He added that the Congress president is stable.

Later, after feeling a bit better, Kharge, addressing the gathering said, “We will fight to restore statehood... I am 83 years old, I am not going to die so early. I will stay alive till PM Modi is removed from power,” ANI reported.

Party leaders said the Congress president’s health is now stable and doctors are attending to him. His son and Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge tweeted that his father’s health condition is stable. “Congress President Sri @kharge felt slightly unwell while addressing a public meeting in Jasrota, Jammu & Kashmir. He has been checked upon by his medical team and apart from slightly low blood pressure, he is doing well. Extremely grateful for everyone's concern. His resolve, along with people’s good wishes, keeps him going strong,” Priyank said.

The Congress president is scheduled to address another public rally at Ramnagar in the Valley.