Leaders of the opposition parties, which have virtually stalled all proceedings in both Houses of Parliament over the Pegasus controversy and the agitating farmers' demand for repeal of three contentious farm laws, will meet on Friday to finalise details of their protest, the sources said.
Arguing that the Pegasus issue has 'national security' concerns, Opposition parties have released a joint statement demanding a discussion on the matter in both Houses of Parliament. The Opposition parties have also demanded that there should be a discussion on the farmers’ issue and the three farm laws over which protests have been raging.
The statement comes after a stalemate in Monsson Session of Parliament with both the Houses paralysed by the opposition's uproar over their demand for a discussion on the Pegasus snooping issue and farmers' protests.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has invited leaders of Opposition parties to a breakfast meeting at the Constitution Club in Delhi on Tuesday to chalk out a joint strategy on the Pegasus snooping issue. This comes at a time when the Opposition has been demanding a discussion in Parliament on the Pegasus row and its leaders have been giving adjournment notices every day.
After about half an hour, the deputy chairman adjourned the House till 2 PM as the Opposition members continued to raise slogans and disrupt proceedings.
Terming her stay as "successful", Banerjee's first trip to the national capital after her resounding victory in the West Bengal assembly polls was akin to testing the waters before she waded deeper into national politics.
Addressing the media in Delhi, Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said that in 2024 “poore desh me khela hobe” (game will be on all over the country), even as she has been meeting and holding discussions with several Opposition leaders during her five-day visit to the national capital.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo has been reaching out to various opposition leaders in a bid to bring together the non-BJP forces ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Sidestepping questions of her taking on the leadership role, West Bengal Chief Minister said the unity of opposition parties will take shape on its own.
Opposition members raised uproar in both houses and demanded a thorough probe into the charges of snooping on journalists, politicians, ministers, judges and others using Israeli Pegasus spyware.
Amid speculation on a possible third front to take on the BJP, NCP chief Sharad Pawar host a meeting of the Rashtra Manch, a cross-party platform, at his residence on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will come to power again after the 2024 elections and the new government will be formed under his leadership notwithstanding the political strategies the Opposition may plan.
Leaders of 12 opposition parties Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking a free mass vaccination campaign against coronavirus, and a suspension of the central vista revamp project to aid the fight against the pandemic.
BJP chief JP Nadda, on May 05, addressed the party leader in Kolkata and asked the leaders to take oath that they will carry out our responsibility, by happily accepting the mandate, and play the important role of Opposition.
AIADMK lost to DMK in Tamil Nadu Assembly elections and thanked voters saying they have great responsibility as opposition now.
The panel has recommended to the government that any vaccine against COVID-19 should be granted emergency use authorisation only after proper consideration and conducting its trials on a sufficient sample size.
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Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar slammed the opposition over their way of opposing the new farm Bills in Parliament and outside the houses.
MPs of Opposition parties marched in Parliament premises in protest over farm bills. Placards of 'Save Farmers' and 'Save Farmers, Save Workers, Save Democracy' were raised.
The 8 suspended Rajya Sabha MPs have ended their dharna, to show solidarity with opposition MPs who are boycotting the rest of the Monsoon Session over three demands. Through the boycott of the session, the Opposition has demanded that the suspension of the MPs be revoked.
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