Sonia, Kharge & Other Oppn Leaders Wear All Black In Protest Against Rahul Gandhi's Disqualification — SEE PICS

The Opposition parties held a meeting today in the Parliament House which was also attended by the Trinamool Congress for the first time. Wearing black clothes, the opposition parties have decided to protest against disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from Lok Sabha. The leaders will take out a march from Gandhi statue to Vijay Chowk today, sources told ABP News.

Kharge while talking to the reporters said, Why are we here in black clothes? We want to show that PM Modi is ending democracy in the country. He first finished autonomous bodies, then they put up their own govt everywhere by threatening those who had won polls. Then they used ED, CBI to use bend those who didn't bow.

The proceedings of the Parliament for the second leg of the Budget Session resumed today after both the Houses were adjourned on March 24 amid uproar by the Opposition over Adani row. The treasury benches were also seen shouting slogans against Rahul Gandhi.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was disqualified as Lok Sabha MP on Friday, a day after a Surat court found him guilty in a 2019 defamation case over his 'Modi surname' remark during 2019 poll campaign in Karnataka.

Ahead of the proceedings of the House, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari, in a black kurta, said that he will show his black watch and tell them (BJP) that your time is up.

17 parties participated in today's meeting including Congress, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Samajwadi Party, Janata Dal (United), Bharath Rashtr Samithi, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Rashtriya Janata Dal, Nationalist Congress Party, Communist Party of India, Indiam Union Muslim League, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Kerala Congress, Trinamool Congress, Revolutionary Socialist Party, Aam Aadmi Party, J&K National Conference, and Shiv Sena (Uddav Balasaheb Thackeray).

During the protest, Kharge recalled all the questions that Rahul Gandhi raised in the Lok Sabha on the Adani issue. He asked why the Centre was afraid of constituting a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to conduct a probe into the Adani issue. Kharge claimed the reason behind no JPC so far was that the Centre is afraid of the outcome and 'Jo darte hain wo kabi na kabhi marte bhi hai' (those who fear, definitely die someday).