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The replacement of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, further tarriffs implicit the acquisition of Russian crude, and different cardinal economical and overseas argumentation issues volition beryllium taken up by the Congress successful the archetypal portion of the Budget league of Parliament.
The determination was taken astatine a gathering of the party’s parliamentary strategy group, held astatine the residence of Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi connected Tuesday (January 27, 2026) evening.
The Leaders of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, respectively, were among those present. Other enactment leaders who attended the gathering included Pramod Tiwari, Manickam Tagore, Jairam Ramesh, P. Chidambaram, Tariq Anwar, Rajni Patil, Manish Tewari, K. Suresh, and Syed Naseer Hussain.
Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor could not be arsenic helium was returning from Dubai, and a root claimed helium had informed the enactment successful advance.
Briefing reporters aft the meeting, Congress person and Rajya Sabha Whip Naseer Hussain said leaders of Opposition parties would conscionable successful Mr. Kharge’s enclosure successful Parliament House connected Wednesday (January 28, 2026) astatine 10 a.m. to enactment retired a associated strategy for the session.
The meeting, convened connected the eve of the Budget session, discussed cardinal issues to beryllium taken up during the archetypal signifier of the session, Mr. Hussain said.
“The biggest contented that has emerged is that of MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act). We held a elaborate treatment and volition rise it during the archetypal portion of the Budget session. Alongside, the contented of SIR would besides beryllium raised. Several members raised the contented based connected crushed reports, and however the BJP has created disorder and havoc connected the SIR issue,” helium added.
Environmental concerns, including the redefinition of the Aravalli hills and the Great Nicobar project, would besides beryllium flagged, Mr. Hussain said. The Congress person besides said that his enactment would rise the request for restoration of Statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, too issues relating to contaminated h2o successful Indore and Ahmedabad, and the deaths reportedly linked to them.
Describing overseas argumentation arsenic the “most important contented earlier the country”, Mr. Hussain said the U.S. was “threatening” India implicit the acquisition of Russian oil, and imposing tariffs. “There is simply a deviation successful the country’s overseas argumentation and the contented would beryllium raised successful Parliament arsenic the country’s system is being wounded owed to this,” helium said.
The Budget league of Parliament volition commence connected January 28. The archetypal signifier volition reason connected February 13, portion the 2nd signifier volition tally from March 9 to April 2.
