Radhabai Kharge is the wife of Indian politician Mallikarjun Kharge, who served as the central government’s Railway Minister (2013-2014) and Labor and Employment Minister (2009-2013) and Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
Wiki/Biography
Radhabai Kharge lives in Kalaburagi (formerly Gulbarga) in Karnataka. She is a housewife.
family
Parents and siblings
Not much is known about her parents and siblings.
husband and children
On May 13, 1968, she married Mallikarjun Kharge, an Indian politician and member of the Indian National Congress. He comes from a Dalit family. He became a member of the Bundestag on February 16, 2021. Previously, he served as Railway Minister, Labor and Employment Minister and Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in the central government. They have three sons: Priyank Kharge, Rahul Kharge and Milind Kharge, and two daughters: Priyadarshini Kharge and Jayashree Kharge. Priyank Khage is a politician. Rahul Kharge is a civil servant who later started working as a consultant for IT companies; his wife Arundhati Kharge is an electrical engineer. Priyadarshini Khage is a doctor.
Radhabai Kharge with husband Mallikarjun Kharge and son Priyank Kharge
Radhabai Kharge’s son Rahul Kharge visits Sahyadri with his family
address
Gulbarga address
“Lumbini” Aiwan-e-Shahi District, Gulbarga, Karnataka 585102
bangalore address
289, 17th Cross, Sadashivnagar, Bangalore-560080
assets/property
movable property
- Deposits with banks, financial institutions and non-banking financial companies: Rs 66,39,538
- Corporate bonds, bonds and stocks: Rs 25,9,982
real estate
- Agricultural land: Rs 62,06,000
- Non-agricultural land: Rs 35,18,200
- Commercial Building: Rs 2,63,76,375
- Residential Building: Rs 2,55,53,174
Note: Movable and immovable property estimates given are based on fiscal year 2017-2018. It does not include assets owned by her husband and dependents (minors).
net worth
As of 2018, her net worth is Rs 6,96,16,768. It does not include the net worth of her husband and dependents (minors).
Facts/Trivia
- In 2019, Radhabai Kharge and Mallikarjun Kharge came under fire from the Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party for entering polling booths to cast their votes together. The BJP also filed a complaint against Mallikarjun Kharge with the Election Commission stating:
The code of conduct stipulates that only one person can approach a voting machine to cast a vote to maintain secrecy. The election officials manual also instructs that extra care be taken to protect the secrecy of the vote.”
Mallikarjun Kharge, his wife Radhabai Kharge and his grandson are pictured casting their votes at Basava Nagar booth No. 119 during the Karnataka 2019 general elections
- In 2011, Radhabai Kharge’s daughter Priyadarshini Kharge hit the headlines for a 3,280 sq. ft. plot she purchased on January 15, 2002, allegedly in violation of the society’s bye-laws. In 2002, Mallikarjun Kharge served as Home Minister in the Congress government led by SM Krishna. She acquired the plot in Yelahanka (Allalasandra) judicial layout for Rs 1,96,837, while its market value runs into crores. In view of the allegations, she returned the land in question to the Karnataka Judiciary Employees’ Housing Construction Cooperative Society (KSJDEHBCS) in 2011. Priyadarshini’s use of the land would be in direct violation of Section 10 of the Model Goodbye. HBCS Laws, Relating to Member Rights. Section 10(B) states: “In the case of an employee housing building society, he/she is an employee of the organization to which the society belongs and has served in the State of Karnataka continuously or intermittently for at least five years.” Priyadarshini is not eligible to be Member because her profession was that of a doctor and the land was reserved for judicial employees.
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