Congress To Corner Government On Covid, Rafale, Price Rise In Parliament Session: Report

Senior Congress leaders Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Mallikarjun Kharge will lead the charge in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha respectively, party sources said.

The Congress will seek to corner the government on the issues of Covid mismanagement, border disputes with China, farmers' agitation, the Rafale deal and fuel prices in the upcoming session of Parliament, with party leaders Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Mallikarjun Kharge leading the charge in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha respectively. Sources said the issues to be raised during the monsoon session of Parliament starting July 19 were discussed at a meeting of the Congress parliamentary strategy group on Wednesday, which was chaired by party chief Sonia Gandhi and attended by former prime minister Manmohan Singh and former Congress president Rahul Gandhi. The leaders also decided to raise the issues of unemployment, price rise and the condition of the economy during the monsoon session and demand a discussion on those. The opposition party will also raise the issue of an alleged attack on cooperative federalism and constitutional rights.