Congress leader Rahul Gandhi He led a breakfast meeting of opposition leaders to discuss holding a ‘mock parliament’ on the campus on Tuesday amid disruption and protests in both houses over the Pegasus dispute and farmers’ movement.
While parties such as the Trinamool Congress, Shiv Sena, NCP and RJD, Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party was conspicuous by its absence. AAP has always stayed away from opposition strategy meetings in Parliament, especially Congress-led meetings. Unlike in the past, you were invited to this meeting, but he chose to stay away from it.
AAP MP Sanjay Singh, who did not attend the breakfast meeting, said, “It is not important to attend (the meeting) or not. Whenever there is any discussion in Parliament, we will support the farmers and raise the issue of espionage controversy.
Addressing the gathering, Gandhi said: “I think the most important thing is that we unite this force. The more united this voice (of the people), the stronger this voice, for the BJP-RSS it will be The more difficult it will be to press.
After the meeting, the opposition leaders reached Parliament by bicycle.
While the monsoon session of Parliament began on July 19, Parliament has worked only 18 hours out of a possible 107 hours in the first two weeks. Government sources on Saturday said the disruptions have resulted in a loss of over Rs 133 crore to the taxpayers.
As the opposition plans its strategy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his concern about the opposition not allowing the House to function. Addressing the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, the Prime Minister asked the government and MPs to do everything possible to ensure the functioning of the House.
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