India, March 18 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday bid farewell to retiring Rajya Sabha MP HD Deve Gowda with well wishes as well as a jibe over his association with the PM Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

Kharge was delivering a farewell speech for the 37 retiring MPs including Deve Gowda, Ramdas Athawale, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Tiruchi Siva, Amarendra Dhari Singh, and Abhishek Manu Singhvi and others.

Recalling his association with former prime minister Deve Gowda of over 54 years, Kharge took a veiled "shaadi (marriage)" dig in Rajya Sabha, indicating that the Janata Dal (Secular) leader formed relations with one alliance and went ahead with someone else - PM Modi - ultimately.

"I have known Dev...