Opposition meeting today to chalk out strategy for monsoon session of Parliament India News – Times of India

New Delhi: Forward monsoon session of ParliamentThe opposition leaders are going to meet on Sunday to formulate a strategy to target the central government on many issues including farmers’ agitation, privatization. Supreme courtComment on the validity of sedition laws.
Speaking to ANI, Communist Party of India (Marxist) Rajya Sabha MP and floor leader, Elaram Karim said that Congress leader in Upper House Mallikarjun Kharge has called a meeting after the all-party meeting with central parliamentary affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi
“We have decided that the meeting of opposition leaders will be held soon after the meeting called by the Union Parliamentary Minister is over,” he said.
Talking about the agenda of the meeting, Karim said that the opposition will try to reach a “consensus” about the issues to be taken up in the upcoming monsoon session starting Monday.
“Privatization, farmers’ issue, government’s attitude towards federalism and many other issues. Supreme Court’s comment on 124A Indian Penal Code is a national issue. All such issues which we will raise in the session will be discussed in the meeting. Its aim is to achieve maximum consensus among the opposition parties. But, if all the parties do not agree on the proposal of the Left parties, especially the privatization bill and the factory workers’ strike, then the Left parties will raise these issues separately in both the houses of Parliament.
Ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament starting Monday, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi has called an all-party meeting at 11 am on Sunday in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to be present.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will preside over the all-party meeting of the Leaders of the House in the Lower House of Parliament today.
An all-party meeting is a customary procedure before the start of each session of the Parliament to ensure its smooth functioning.
The government has several laws on its agenda in the Parliament session that ends on August 13.

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