Opposition will be in attacking mode: Jairam Ramesh after meeting of INDIA bloc

New Delhi, June 27: After a meeting of floor leaders of the INDIA bloc concluded at Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence in Delhi today, party leader Jairam Ramesh said that the opposition would now be in an “attacking” mode towards the government.

A meeting of the floor leaders of the INDIA bloc was held today at the residence of Mallikarjun Kharge to discuss the opposition’s strategy for the remaining session.

Several prominent leaders including -- Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, KC Venugopal, and Gaurav Gogoi, Rashtriya Loktantrik Party Hanuman Beniwal, DMK MP T Siva, and Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi were present at the meet.

“We discussed our strategies for the remaining four days. There will be a ‘motion of thanks’ following the President’s address. We also discussed that. Today, we talked about multiple issues including how the speaker of the Lok Sabha was elected and the President’s joint address”, Ramesh told ANI.

Further, the Congress leader emphasized that the opposition will be in an “attacking” mode and mentioned that the mandate of the Lok Sabha polls is a “personal”, “political” and “moral” defeat for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“The opposition will be in “attacking” mode. The mandate of the Lok Sabha polls is a personal, political and moral defeat of the Prime Minister. The opposition will remind him of this every day”, he said.

DMK MP T Siva, while speaking about the key meeting, said, “We will give notices (in Parliament) on the NEET issue tomorrow.”

The National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducted the NEET-UG examination, is facing criticism over alleged irregularities. This prompted a series of protests across the country, with demonstrators and political parties demanding to disband the NTA.

Meanwhile, the case has been handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) by the centre. The CBI, earlier today, arrested two persons from Bihar’s Patna in connection with the alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG exam.