Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has called a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the highest decision-making body of the party, on the eve of the Budget Session on February 22.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has called a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the highest decision-making body of the party, on the eve of the Budget Session on February 22.
The meeting is taking place at a time when the rift between the government and the Opposition is widening on number of issues, like the JNU row, the debate on nationalism, intolerance and slapping of sedition charge on questionable evidences, reservation issue turning violent, dalit atrocities and attack on Pathankot airbase besides impending Assembly elections in five states.
The meeting is being held to discuss the “current political situation”, AICC general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said.
The Congress, which is the main Opposition in the two Houses of Parliament, has so far succeeded in maintaining the Opposition’s unity on the issues of land bill, growing intolerance and attempts to communalise atmosphere.
While the Congress, JD(U), RJD, Left, DMK and the NCP are already working unitedly on these issues, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamul Congress too remained aggressive on it inside Parliament. But SP, BSP, AIADMK, BJD are cautious in taking positions on certain issues in order to maintain equal distance from the Congress and the ruling BJP.
With party vice-president Rahul Gandhi leading the Opposition protest in JNU as also in Hyderabad in the wake of the suicide by Rohith Vemula, the Congress is expected to chalk out an aggressive strategy.
The Pathankot terror attack, which shocked the nation as it came after the surprise stopover of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lahore, is also among the issues which the opposition leaders intend to bring up.
The Congress has already demanded a “white paper” on the status of the economy in the wake of several parameters showing a declining trend, despite the government claims to the contrary.
