The second leg of the Budget Session from Monday is likely to see a fresh round of confrontation between the Centre and Opposition, which will take on the Government over its handling of the countrywide drought.
Congress has several issues like “goof up” on Joint Investigation Teams' (JIT) from India and Pakistan on Pathankot probe, the “toppling” of it State Governments in Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on its platter.
lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has called an all-party meeting on Sunday to ensure smooth functioning of Parliament.
A senior Congress leader suggested that the Panama Paper leaks are also on the agenda. The Congress will raise the issues seeking status of the probe and Government’s role in this regard. "There have been several issues which the Government is answerable to-from killing of democratic establishments to poor foreign diplomacy. Most of the Opposition parties are on board," said the leader.
Opposition parties would raise the drought issue as several members have given notices to Rajya Sabha Chairman for a discussion on the crisis. They are asking for an all-party meeting to discuss it and the resultant water crisis in the country.
leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and his party colleagues Anand Sharma, Hussain Dalwai, Bhubaneswar Kalita, Rajani Patil, Viplove Thakur, Mohammed Ali Khan, AU Singh Deo (BJD), K C Tyagi (JD-U), Satish Chandra Mishra (BSP), independent member Rajeev Chandrasekhar and nominated member KTS Tulsi have already given a notice to Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari in this regard, which has been admitted. The notice seeks a discussion on "serious situation arising out of prevailing drought and heat wave conditions and resultant water crisis in the country and the remedial measures taken by the Government in regard thereto." The Congress said PM Narendra Modi should hold a meeting of CMs of drought-hit States and solve the issue.