India, March 19 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge told the party's working committee on Tuesday that the country "wants change" and the Narendra Modi government's guarantees "will meet the same fate as the 'India Shining' campaign of 2004". 'India Shining' was a key slogan of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in the run up to the 2004 general elections, but it failed to capture the discontent on the ground and Vajpayee lost the polls. Kharge's comments assume importance as 'Modi's guarantees' are one of the key planks of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in this election. Dig Deeper

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