New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI) An all-party meeting convened by the government on Sunday ahead of the Monsoon session of Parliament saw the opposition raising various issues, including voter roll revision in Bihar as well as the Pahalgam terror attack.
The government sought cooperation from opposition parties for the smooth conduct of the House.
Talking to reporters, Sanjay Singh of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said he raised the alleged “poll scam” of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar and US President Donald Trump’s claim that he brokered ‘ceasefire’ between India and Pakistan, at the meet.
Responding to a question, he said INDIA bloc is only for Lok Sabha polls and AAP is contesting assembly polls on its own.
Leaders of various political parties are attending the meeting chaired by Union minister and Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha J P Nadda. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju and his junior minister Arjun Ram Meghwal are also representing the government.
Gaurav Gogoi and Jairam Ramesh of the Congress, Supriya Sule of NCP-Sharad Pawar, DMK’s T R Baalu and RPI (A) leader and Union minister Ramdas Athawale were amongst those who are attending the meeting.
INDIA bloc parties have resolved to raise during the Parliament’s Monsoon session the issues of Pahalgam attack terrorists not being brought to justice, US President Donald Trump’s repeated claims of brokering a ‘ceasefire’ during India-Pakistan hostilities and the SIR in Bihar that the opposition alleges “threatens people’s voting rights”. PTI KR/PK/SKC NAB DV DV
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