Members of the INDIA bloc staged a protest in the Parliament House complex, demanding a discussion on the West Asia conflict and criticised the Centre for its silence on critical issues related to it.
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav were among the leaders who took part in the protest. The Opposition MPs gathered near the Makar Dwar of Parliament, raised slogans against the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They held a large banner that read, ‘Gulf burning, oil shock. Indians stranded. India needs leadership - not silence.'
Earlier in the day, floor leaders of various Opposition parties met in Kharge’s chamber in Parliament House to discuss their strategy for the second half of the Budget Session. Among those present at the meeting were Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party’s Ram Gopal Yadav, DMK’s Dayanidhi Maran, NCP (SP)’s Supriya Sule and Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Sanjay Raut.
After the meeting, Mallikarjun Kharge said that as Parliament reconvenes for the second part of the Budget session, the ongoing US-Israel war with Iran has ‘reached our backyard’, making it imperative for Parliament to hold a detailed discussion on the geopolitical crisis. He added, ‘A one-sided statement by the EAM is not the solution. We need to collectively take the nation into confidence. The GOI must come out with a detailed contingency plan to ensure our energy security, assist our traders, diversify supply chains for our exports and stop penalising our people with price hikes. The Opposition demands sensitivity towards our people’.
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