Congress president and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha M Mallikarjun Kharge has convened a meeting of all the ‘like-minded’ Opposition parties on Wednesday before the Winter Session of the Parliament begins.

Party sources said that Kharge has requested almost all the opposition leaders to be part of the meeting which will formulate a strategy to take on the Modi government in both the Houses of Parliament.

Representatives of SP, TMC, Shiv Sena, RJD, DMK, JDU and few others have confirmed their participation in the meeting which will happen at 9.45 am just before the Session begins at 11 am. They have been briefed to raise the common issues like economic condition, unemployment, border and security issues, attack on constitutional freedom, sale of certain government establishments and few other agenda which are likely to be discussed in the meeting to be chaired by Kharge. 

Meanwhile, accusing the Centre of having “betrayed” the farmers, the All India Kisan Congress wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the “plight” of the tillers and reiterating the demand of legal guarantee for MSP for all crops.

The Congress’ unit for farmers also reiterated the demand for dismissal of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, release of “innocent” farmers imprisoned in the case, withdrawal of “fake cases” registered against farmers in various states during the farmers’ agitation and compensation to families of the deceased farmers.