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Congress: Monsoon session of Parliament: Congress plans to corner government over Manipur violence, inflation
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NEW DELHI: The principal opposition Congress party has strategised to corner the Narendra Modi government in the forthcoming monsoon session of Parliament on various pressing issues facing the country, including the Manipur violence, rising inflation, unemployment and the “assault” on the federal structure of the country the way governors of different states conducted themselves.
Talking to media persons in Congress’s Delhi headquarters on Saturday, Rajya Sabha MP and party’s chief of communications department Jairam Ramesh asserted that the Congress wants Parliament to function properly during the forthcoming monsoon session. He announced that the party will raise some most pressing issues including the violence in Manipur, threat to federal structure, railway safety, inflation and unemployment among other things during the session.
After parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi announced on Saturday that the monsoon session of Parliament would be held from July 20 to August 11, the Congress parliamentary strategy group met at former party chief Sonia Gandhi’s 10 Janpath residence to decide the party’s stand on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) ahead of the Parliamentary Standing Committee meeting on July 3.
The meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party’s (CPP) strategy group was attended among others by the CPP Chairperson Smt Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.
Ramesh said the prime minister was yet to break his silence over Manipur violence even after two months and the party wants him to break his silence.
Besides, he reiterated his party’s demand for resignation of the Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh. He added that the party feels that Union home minister Amit Shah’s visit to Manipur had not yielded anything as violence continued to rage in the troubled state.
Ramesh, who is also a Congress general secretary, said the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as an MP also came for discussion during the meeting. He said while the matter is in the courts, the party hopes that justice will be done and Rahul will be able to attend the session.
He disclosed that the Congress president also briefed the MPs about the meeting of the opposition parties held in Patna. He said such meetings will continue and the next meeting will be held in Bengaluru.
Ramesh disclosed that the party will also raise the issue of railway safety in the coming session. He said the Congress asked the prime minister that he should accord the same, rather more priority to the railway safety, as he is according to the flagging off of the Vande Bharat trains.
On UCC, the Congress leader said the party had already made its stand clear on June 15. He said, since nothing extra had come during the last 15 days on the matter, the party had nothing to add on it as of now.
The Congress general secretary said the party will also raise the issue of ill-treatment of the wrestlers, particularly the female wrestlers by the Delhi Police. He said it was a spot on the society as to how the wrestlers were treated.
The party, he added, will also raise the issue of President Droupadi Murmu not being invited for the inauguration of the new parliament building. He said it was an insult to the tribal population and other downtrodden people.
Ramesh reiterated the party’s demand for constituting the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the alleged Adani scandal. He said the matter had been raised in the previous session also.
The party will also raise the issue of the conduct of various governors in different states, saying it was an assault on the federal structure of the country.
He said while the Congress party wants the parliament to function, it hopes that the government will let it (the Congress) and also other opposition parties to raise the issues concerning the country.
Talking to media persons in Congress’s Delhi headquarters on Saturday, Rajya Sabha MP and party’s chief of communications department Jairam Ramesh asserted that the Congress wants Parliament to function properly during the forthcoming monsoon session. He announced that the party will raise some most pressing issues including the violence in Manipur, threat to federal structure, railway safety, inflation and unemployment among other things during the session.
After parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi announced on Saturday that the monsoon session of Parliament would be held from July 20 to August 11, the Congress parliamentary strategy group met at former party chief Sonia Gandhi’s 10 Janpath residence to decide the party’s stand on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) ahead of the Parliamentary Standing Committee meeting on July 3.
The meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party’s (CPP) strategy group was attended among others by the CPP Chairperson Smt Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.
Ramesh said the prime minister was yet to break his silence over Manipur violence even after two months and the party wants him to break his silence.
Besides, he reiterated his party’s demand for resignation of the Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh. He added that the party feels that Union home minister Amit Shah’s visit to Manipur had not yielded anything as violence continued to rage in the troubled state.
Ramesh, who is also a Congress general secretary, said the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as an MP also came for discussion during the meeting. He said while the matter is in the courts, the party hopes that justice will be done and Rahul will be able to attend the session.
He disclosed that the Congress president also briefed the MPs about the meeting of the opposition parties held in Patna. He said such meetings will continue and the next meeting will be held in Bengaluru.
Ramesh disclosed that the party will also raise the issue of railway safety in the coming session. He said the Congress asked the prime minister that he should accord the same, rather more priority to the railway safety, as he is according to the flagging off of the Vande Bharat trains.
On UCC, the Congress leader said the party had already made its stand clear on June 15. He said, since nothing extra had come during the last 15 days on the matter, the party had nothing to add on it as of now.
The Congress general secretary said the party will also raise the issue of ill-treatment of the wrestlers, particularly the female wrestlers by the Delhi Police. He said it was a spot on the society as to how the wrestlers were treated.
The party, he added, will also raise the issue of President Droupadi Murmu not being invited for the inauguration of the new parliament building. He said it was an insult to the tribal population and other downtrodden people.
Ramesh reiterated the party’s demand for constituting the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the alleged Adani scandal. He said the matter had been raised in the previous session also.
The party will also raise the issue of the conduct of various governors in different states, saying it was an assault on the federal structure of the country.
He said while the Congress party wants the parliament to function, it hopes that the government will let it (the Congress) and also other opposition parties to raise the issues concerning the country.
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