New Delhi, July 15 -- Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led central government over the alleged surge in wholesale inflation, declaring that the ruling party's governance weighs heavily on every Indian.

Reacting to the report of wholesale inflation surging to a 44-month high of 9.87%, Kharge also highlighted the rise in retail prices, alleging that the BJP has built a dubious record of picking people's pockets in the 12-year tenure of its rule.

"In May, Modi ji preached the entire country to save, and then his government imposed levies and burned up the public's savings!," Kharge said in a post on X.

He further accused the ruling party of using the West Asia conflict as an "excuse"...