Determined to corner the ruling BJP government, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will chair a crucial meeting on October 30 to chalk out a strategy for the November 8 protests on the first anniversary of demonetisation.
A total of 18 opposition parties led by the Congress have planned to hold a massive protest in the national capital against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s economic policies and the scrapping of Rs.500 and Rs.1,000 currency notes a year ago.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the coordination committee of the parties held in Parliament House on Monday and attended by Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, JD-U leader Sharad Yadav, BSP’s Satish Chandra Misra, TMC’s Derek O’Brien, DMK’s Kanimozhi and CPI’s D Raja.
The 18 opposition parties had come together for the presidential and vice presidential elections and had decided to coordinate with each other to take on the government on various issues concerning the people.
Interestingly, the joint opposition protest will be held a day before Himachal Pradesh goes to the polls and amid campaigning for the Gujarat elections.
(With inputs from agencies)