Opposition I.N.D.I.A bloc MPs will stage a protest in Parliament on Wednesday against the Union Budget.
The bloc has termed the Union Budget as “discriminatory” against the Opposition-ruled States. The decision to protest was taken at a meeting of the bloc on Tuesday after the Budget was tabled by the Union Finance Minister.
The meeting was attended by leaders of the bloc allies leaders, including the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress’ deputy leaders in both Houses Pramod Tiwari and Gaurav Gogoi, NCP(SP) chief Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, TMC’s Derek O’Brien and Kalyan Banerjee, DMK’s TR Baalu, JMM’s Mahua Maji, AAP’s Raghav Chadha and Sanjay Singh, and CPI(M)’s John Brittas. Congress general secretaries KC Venugopal and Jairam Ramesh were also present.