Rahul Gandhi invites parties for breakfast meeting to discuss Opposition’s strategy over Pegasus issue
Amid the continuing stalemate in Parliament, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has invited leaders of opposition parties to a breakfast meeting. The meeting will happen on the Constitution Club on Tuesday. Opposition leaders are probably to chalk out a joint strategy on the Pegasus snooping issue.
The meeting is being held to forge unity among the many opposition ranks on the issue. All opposition MPs and flooring leaders of assorted parties have been invited to the meeting.
Rahul’s invitation for breakfast has been despatched to 14 parties — NCP, Shiv Sena, TMC, Aam Aadmi Party, CPI, CPM, RJD, IUML, RSP, DMK, Samajwadi Party, National Conference, KCM and VCK. Notably, TMC has skipped all conferences convened by Rahul Gandhi to date.
The opposition has been demanding a dialogue in Parliament on the Pegasus row and its leaders have been giving adjournment notices daily. The authorities has been saying that the opposition is making a “non-issue” and the IT Minister has already given a reply in each Houses of Parliament.
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