Several senior Congress leaders, including the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, and party leader Priyanka Gandhi, also participated in the protest. The MPs marched from the Gandhi statue on the Parliament premises ahead of the start of the day's session.
"Our economy is reeling at a sub-par growth rate, inequality has widened, wage growth has miserably stagnated, household savings are getting depleted, youth does not have jobs, middle class and poor are being robbed to help cronies, and we are facing a trade war, which would hurt both our ag
On the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha Harivansh, and Congress MP Pramod Tiwari paid their respects today at the Parliament premises.
"On the birth anniversary of the great revolutionary, the immortal martyr Chandrashekhar Azad, a brave son of Mother India who sacrificed his life for the freedom of the motherland, we pay our respectful homage to him," the Congress chief's post read
Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi chaired a meeting with the Jammu and Kashmir party unit.
On Monday evening, Dhankhar resigned from his post "to prioritise health care and abide by medical advice." Dhankhar, who is also Chairman of Rajya Sabha, sent his resignation letter to President Droupadi Murmu.
Addressing the Upper House of the Parliament on Monday, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge questioned the Centre over the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge paid tribute to former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on her death anniversary on Sunday, remembering her for her contributions to transforming the national capital.