A meeting of the INDIA bloc floor leaders was held at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence to discuss the Opposition’s strategy for the forthcoming sessions of the Lok Sabha, with sources saying that the Opposition is set to raise the demand for a discussion on the NEET-UG examination row on Friday. “We will raise a demand to hold a discussion on the NEET-paper leaks issue in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha through adjournment motions on Friday. Then, on Monday we will hold a protest outside the Parliament building against the misuse of CBI-ED and other central agencies for targeting Opposition leaders, and arresting elected representatives. These two things were the main takeaways from the meeting,” said a senior leader who was part of the meeting. “The protest will also include the issue of arrest of chief ministers in Opposition-ruled states like Jharkhand and Delhi,” added the leader. Speaking to The Indian Express after the meeting, Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, said, “The main issue discussed there was that we will seek a discussion on the NEET issue on Friday in the Parliament.” Explained | Why is there a controversy around NEET this year The meeting at Kharge’s residence was attended by Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, party chief Kharge, NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar and MP Supriya Sule, TMC’s Derek O'Brien, AAP’s Sanjay Singh, Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Sanjay Raut and Arvind Sawant, Communist Party of India (Marxist)’s Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, and DMK leader Tiruchi Siva, among others. A Congress leader present at the meeting said that the discussion was the first one after the election of the Speaker in Lok Sabha. “The aim of the meeting was to identify the key issues related to the people. We have formulated the strategy for the next four-five days in the Parliament,” said the leader.
