New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge slammed the BJP and the Centre over vast income and wealth inequality in the country, citing the World Inequality Report 2026.

Sharing an excerpt from his address in the Upper House during the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address on X, Kharge alleged that the BJP-RSS growth model caters only to select capitalists.

The Congress chief said, "RSS-BJP has never truly cared about equality. Their mindset is to make the rich even richer and the poor even poorer. According to the World Inequality Report 2026, in India, nearly 40 per cent of the country's total wealth is concentrated in the hands of the top 1 per cent, while the top ...