The INDIA bloc is set to meet on Friday at Mallikarjun Kharge's Delhi residence to discuss strategies for the upcoming Monsoon session of Parliament. Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut and an RJD representative confirmed their attendance and the chosen date for the crucial opposition gathering
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. File Pic.
The INDIA bloc will hold a meeting at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence in New Delhi on Friday, RJD (Rashtravadi Janata Dal) leader Tejashwi Yadav announced on Thursday.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut also confirmed that his party had conveyed that Friday is a suitable date for the meeting.
The Opposition leaders are expected to hold a meeting on key issues to be raised during the forthcoming Monsoon Session 2025 of Parliament.
"The INDIA bloc will hold a meeting at Kharge sahab's residence in Delhi on July 19th; RJD will participate in that," Yadav stated, while addressing a press conference in Patna.
Meanwhile, speaking at a press conference in Mumbai, Raut said, "The meeting of the INDIA bloc is going to be held in Delhi. Yesterday, we received a call from K C Venugopal Ji... Uddhav Thackeray Ji believes that a meeting of the INDIA bloc is necessary. We have chosen the date of July 19th."
The Monsoon Session 2025 of Parliament is scheduled to commence from July 21, with a total of 21 sittings of both Houses until August 21.
According to PTI, the session will include a break from August 12 to 18 for Raksha Bandhan and Independence Day celebrations.
Meanwhile, an all-party meeting convened by the government is likely to take place on Sunday.
The session is anticipated to witness stormy confrontations between the ruling BJP and the Opposition, including the Congress-led INDIA bloc.
Among the likely flashpoints between the government and the Opposition will be the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar, ahead of the state assembly polls later this year.
It is also important to note that the Opposition is expected to seek answers from the government on Operation Sindoor and US President Donald Trump's claims of having averted a nuclear war between India and Pakistan by mediating a ceasefire, reported PTI.
The top Congress leadership has decided to raise issues such as the Pahalgam terror attack, the SIR of the electoral rolls in Bihar, the restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, and rising atrocities against women in the country during the Monsoon session of Parliament.
However, the opposition party has also decided to raise farmers' problems, issues of rising unemployment, the safety and security of the country, and the Ahmedabad air crash during the Monsoon session.
Meanwhile, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi had convened a meeting of the party's parliamentary strategy group at her 10 Janpath residence in New Delhi on Tuesday evening, reported PTI.
Top party leaders, including Congress president Kharge, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Deputy Leader in the Rajya Sabha Pramod Tiwari, and others such as Jairam Ramesh, K Suresh, and Manickam Tagore, participated in the meeting.
(With inputs from PTI)
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