New Delhi, India (ANI): Congress President and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, on Thursday said the party will hold the PM Narendra Modi-led government accountable on several issues, including alleged corruption, paper leaks, price rise, foreign policy, and the rights of marginalised communities during the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament.
The Monsoon Session is scheduled to begin on July 20 and continue until August 13.
The Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) held a strategic meeting on Thursday under the chairpersonship of CPP Chairperson Sonia Gandhi. Party President Kharge, Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, and other party leaders attended the meeting.
In a post on X, Kharge listed issues that the Congress plans to raise during the session, including alleged corruption, paper leaks, concerns over the education system, price rise, foreign policy, ethanol blending, environmental issues and the rights of SCs, STs, OBCs and minorities.
"Chanda Chori - Astha se Dhoka, Paper leaks and the systemic corrossion of education system, institutional capture, breaking of political parties, multiple scams and charges of corruption, backbreaking price rise, foreign policy failures and strategic blunders, the imposition of ethanol blending on 3.5 crore vehicle owners, unbridled deforestation, and the continued assault on the rights of SCs, STs, OBCs and minorities are among the critical issues on which the Congress Party will hold the Modi Govt accountable during the forthcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament," Kharge said.
He further said that concerns affecting the lives and aspirations of citizens were discussed during a meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party.
"These pressing concerns affecting the lives and aspirations of our people were deliberated upon during the meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP)," Kharge added.
The Congress has outlined its strategy, with the party indicating that it plans to raise a host of issues concerning governance, the economy, education, environment, and the functioning of democratic institutions during the session.
The Opposition is likely to raise the NEET-UG paper leak case and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's remarks on casualties in Operation Sindoor.
The Congress has moved a breach of privilege notice against the Defence Minister.
Meanwhile, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to chair a high-level parliamentary strategy meeting with ministers of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the national capital tomorrow to finalise the government's agenda.
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