: Winter Session: Opposition parties demand discussion on price rise, Pegasus row #IndiaNEWS Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said that Opposition parties raised matters like fuel price hike, inflation

Winter Session: Opposition parties demand discussion on price rise, Pegasus row #IndiaNEWS
Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said that Opposition parties raised matters like fuel price hike, inflation and farmers’ protest at an all-party meeting on Sunday, reported ANI. The meeting was held a day before the Winter Session of Parliament scheduled to commence from Monday.Opposition parties also sought a discussion in the Parliament on the Pegasus spyware row and unemployment, reported NDTV. Kharge, the leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, said that the parties present at the meeting also demanded that a law guaranteeing minimum support price for crops should be made.Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal were present, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi skipped the meeting.“We were expecting that the prime minister will attend the meeting and will share something with us,??? Kharge said. “We wanted to ask more about the farm laws as there are some apprehensions that these three farm laws may again come in some other form.???Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi said there was no tradition of the prime minister attending the all party meeting, reported PTI. Kharge also said that the Opposition parties have demanded Rs 4 lakh as compensation for families of those who died due to the coronavirus disease. He said that compensation should also be given to farmers who...Read more

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