Opposition leaders meet over breakfast to chalk out joint strategy, Rahul Gandhi calls for unity
“As far as fuel prices are concerned, the people of India are struggling and if we cycle from here to Parliament, it will have an impact,” Gandhi said.
Besides Gandhi, senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, KC Venugopal, Anand Sharma and P Chidambaram were present at the meeting.
The meeting comes amid continued standoff between the opposition and the government over the Pegasus snooping issue with the opposition demanding a discussion in Parliament and a Supreme Court monitored probe in the matter.
The government is, however, saying that this is a non-issue and does not want it to be discussed in Parliament.
Kharge said leaders of various parties have been invited for the meeting and are expected to discuss issues like Pegasus, farmers’ matter, and the need for a joint Parliament strategy.
“Nobody in the government is listening. So we have decided to get together. The opposition is united and we are all together,” Kharge said at the meeting.
Among the leaders who attended the meeting were Saugata Roy, Kalyan Banerjee, Mohua Moitra (TMC), Sanjay Raut and Priyanka Chaturvedi (Shiv Sena), Manoj Jha (RJD), Kanimozhi (DMK) and Ram Gopal Yadav (SP).
Taken aback Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked BJP MPs to “expose” the Congress for not allowing the monsoon session of parliament which has seen repeated disruptions by the Opposition over the Pegasus snooping row and farm laws.
