Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi earned praise from both sides of the political aisle following the historic passage of the women's reservation Bill in Parliament, the Congress MPs on Thursday flagged the omission of the OBC sub-quota from the draft legislation.
Congress MP's on Wednesday wrote to the Lok Sabha speaker demanding the restoration of the expunged words from Rahul Gandhi's speech in the Lok Sabha during the no confidence motion debate.
As the Monsoon session of Parliament, facing continuous disruptions over Manipur violence since it began, will reassemble on Monday, Congress MPs have given adjournment motion notices to discuss the situation of the strife-torn state.
Opposition MPs further said in the meeting that it is necessary to keep in mind that the UCC is not just about one family law, but about the matters related to every religion, caste and community of the society, so all sections of the society must be kept in mind.
The Congress party has called a meeting of its MPs from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Wednesday at 10:30 am in Congress parliamentary party office Parliament House to chalk out the strategy for the day.
Trinamool Congress MPs will stage a protest at Ambedkar Statue in the Parliament at 10 am on Wednesday which coincides with a two-day dharna by the party's supremo Mamata Banerjee who will protest against the Centre in Kolkata.
Congress MPs gave suspension of business notice and adjournment motion notice to the respective Houses of Parliament to discuss the Adani issue and Rahul Gandhi's disqualification as MP from Lok Sabha.
Ahead of the start of the day's proceedings in the Parliament on Tuesday, Congress has called a meeting of its Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha MPs at Congress Parliamentary Party office in Parliament at 10:30 am to chalk out the strategy for the Floor of the House.
The opposition parties which participated in the meeting include DMK, Samajwadi Party, JD(U), Bharat Rashtra Samithi, CPI(M), RJD, Nationalist Congress Party, CPI, IUML, MDMK, Kerala Congress, TMC, RSP, AAP, J-K NC and Shiv Sena (Uddhav faction).
Various Congress MPs on Monday gave suspension of Business Notice under Rule 267 in respective Houses of the Parliament to discuss the "Government's failure in constituting a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC)" to investigate the Adani Group issue.