At a time when millions of devouts are taking a holy dip at the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and invisible Saraswati rivers in Prayagraj on the auspicious occasion of Maha Kumbh, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge stirred a hornets’ nest by telling a rally at Dr BR Ambedkar’s birthplace in Mhow, MP, that ” a dip in Ganga won’t end poverty”.With Rahul Gandhi sitting on the dais and listening, Kharge said: “Will a holy dip in Maa Ganga remove poverty? Will a dip in Ganga make people happy and improve governance in our country? I do not understand why these people compete among themselves in spending money and taking a dip in the Ganga.”
