Ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament, Congress parliamentary strategy group will hold a meeting on Saturday to chalk out the plan for the upcoming sitting of the House. The meeting also comes ahead of the opposition's second crucial mega-meeting on July 17 in Bengaluru. The focus is likely to be on the Centre's ordinance over control of services in Delhi which is set to be tabled in parliament as well. CM Arvind Kejriwal has been trying to garner support against the 'controversial' ordinance in an attempt to win over it in Rajya Sabha. 


Kejriwal met leaders of various opposition parties including TMC, SP, CPI, JMM and Shiv Sena (UBT) among others. He also sought support from Congress which has so far maintained silence over supporting or rejecting the Delhi ordinance.


Last week on Saturday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that he is awaiting Congress' statement on the denouncement of Centre's Delhi Ordinance. During an Opposition meeting in Patna last month, the Grand Old Party assured Kejriwal that a statement on the Ordinance would be issued well before the start of Parliament's Monsoon Session. Kejriwal told the media on Saturday that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had received the invitation to the Opposition meeting, but he was still waiting for the Congress' response on the Ordinance.


Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge had said, "We all want to fight together against BJP and our agenda is to remove it... I don't know about the reason why Kejriwal is saying that AAP might walk out of the coalition if Congress doesn't support them on ordinance issue. But, he might be aware of the fact that it can neither be proposed or opposed (officially) outside of Parliament. Before the Parliament session begins, all parties will meet to decide the agenda which will be raised during the session. His party will also be a part of those discussions. So we will take a decision on the issue during that meeting."


Notably, he earlier said that the party will discuss the issue when it is raised in Parliament.


The government on Thursday listed 21 bills, including the one on the contentious Delhi ordinance, personal data protection, to amend forest conservation laws, for the upcoming Monsoon Session of the Parliament beginning July 20, news agency PTI reported.


Meanwhile, the Supreme Court issued a notice to the Centre on the plea filed by the Delhi government challenging the constitutionality of the ordinance on control of services in the national capital, PTI reported. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud directed the Delhi government to amend its plea and add the Lieutenant Governor as a party in the case.


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