Adani, price rise top INDIA bloc's agenda

The parties in the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) will focus on three key demands seeking a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) on the Adani Group in the backdrop of the recent revelations of alleged stock manipulation; a debate on price rise; and a discussion on unemployment - among other issues in the upcoming special session of Parliament, according to people aware of the Opposition's plans

- Saubhadra Chatterji

Three Opposition leaders from different parties maintained that the bloc is bracing for last-minute agenda changes from the government, and added that only conducting government business for the five days of the session will not be acceptable.

Both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the principal opposition party Congress have issued strong whips to their parliamentarians asking them to remain present on all five days.

"The agenda of the special Parliament session has still not been announced, and I say this because in the list of business, they have written a very sinister line there saying this is not the exhaustive list of business. They will be up to dirty tricks, and they can add some business last minute," Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien said on Thursday.