New Delhi: Senior leaders of 15 opposition parties on Monday held a joint meeting at the Parliament complex to formulate a common strategy on issues like the Pegasus snooping controversy and farmers’ concerns as the Monsoon session of Parliament entered its final week.
Besides the Congress leaders including Rahul Gandhi, leaders of the DMK, TMC, NCP, Shiv Sena, SP, CPM, RJD, AAP, CPI, NC, IUML, LJD, RSP and the KC(M) were present in the meeting held at the chamber of Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge.
The is seen as a crucial meeting to counter the BJP-led government on various issues including the pressuring Union government for a discussion on the Pegasus snooping issue and the farmers’ problems, who have been agitating against Centre’s contentious three-farm bills.
Parliament has failed to transact any significant business since it met on July 19 for the Monsoon session. Some bills, however, have been passed amid the ruckus by the opposition. On Monday, however, opposition decided to cooperate with the union government to clear a constitutional amendment bill.
Opposition leaders told the media that they have decided to cooperate for the passage of the127th Constitution Amendment Bill 2021 but their protest will continue on other issues against the nefarious BJP-led union government.
The Constitution Amendment bill aims to bypass a May 2021 Supreme Court ruling that said only the Centre could notify socially and educationally backward classes (SEBCs) — and not the states.

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