New Delhi: The Congress Parliamentary Strategy Group met here on Sunday to chalk out the strategy for the second part of the Budget Session commencing on Monday.
The working president of Congress Sonia Gandhi presided over the meeting at 10.30 am at 10 Janpath today. Mallikarjun Kharge, Anand Sharma, K Suresh, Jairam Ramesh, Manikam Tagore and Kodi Kunnil Suresh attended the meeting. Issues like MSP for farmers, unemployment, evacuation of students from Ukraine will be taken up in the upcoming Parliament session, said Kharge, who is the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha. Sources said no discussion was held on the poll debacle in the meeting.
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Talking to ETV Bharat after the PSG meet, Congress Loksabha MP from Kerala, Kodikunnil Suresh expressed hope that all other "like-minded" opposition parties will come together in the parliament on common issues related to the people. "This was an ordinary meeting which takes place before every parliament session to discuss which issues will be taken up in the house. Today also the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha CPC members had a meeting with the Congress leadership to discuss the same. There are a number of issues related to the common people, we have identified them and they will be taken up one by one," he said.
The second half of the Budget session will conclude on April 8. The first half of the Budget session began on January 31 and concluded on February 11.
