Breakfast meet, cycle journey to Parliament: Opposition ups ante towards Modi govt as Rahul requires united entrance

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi led a gathering of opposition leaders on Tuesday morning as he known as all events to unite towards the Modi authorities over a spread of points, together with the Pegasus snooping row, the dealing with of the Covid-19 pandemic, and farmers’ agitation.
After the assembly, a number of opposition MPs led by Rahul cycled to the Parliament to spotlight the difficulty of rising gasoline costs. This comes barely every week after his shock tractor journey to the Parliament in protest towards the identical problem.

“The single motive to invite you is that we should unite. The more this voice unites, the more powerful it will become, the more difficult it will become for the BJP and RSS to suppress this voice,” Rahul stated on the assembly. He added, “We should remember the foundation of unity and it is important that now we start to come up with the principles of this foundation.”

After a luxurious breakfast, leaders of 11 Opposition events spoke briefly concerning the significance of unity in Parliament and on the bottom within the wrestle towards the anti-people insurance policies & undemocratic actions of the BJP authorities. We are witnessing one thing particular right here. pic.twitter.com/MNtOcocMmF
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 3, 2021
Trinamool Congress’s Mahua Moitra, the NCP’s Supriya Sule, Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut, and the DMK’s Kanimozhi have been among the many leaders attending the breakfast assembly. “We are witnessing something special here,” Congress MP Shashi Tharoor tweeted.
“As far as fuel prices are concerned, the people of India are struggling and if we cycle from here to Parliament, it will have an impact,” Rahul stated.
Meanwhile, attacking the Opposition over repeated protests in Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whereas attending the BJP parliamentary assembly, stated: “The Opposition is not letting parliament function. This is an insult to democracy and to the public.” The BJP parliamentary get together assembly was held across the identical time because the Opposition’s breakfast assembly.