CPI-M slams Congress for attending tea party with PM Modi after contentious Parliamentary sessions

“Priyanka Gandhi is not a parliamentary party leader. In what capacity did she attend the meeting? She also misled other party leaders,” he charged. The tea party is a customary meeting hosted by the Speaker with leaders of different parties after the end of every session on a note of cordiality and goodwill. The Opposition had stayed away from the meeting since the 2024 Monsoon Session.Noting that the Opposition parties had stayed away from tea parties hosted by presiding officers since 2024, Brittas asked what had changed now. “How could Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka attend the meeting after what we describe the G RAM G bill as the second assassination of Mahatma Gandhi? Do they want to convey that they are with the government?” he asked.Pointing to the absence of several senior Opposition leaders, Brittas said the decision was not unanimously accepted within the INDIA bloc. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and senior DMK leaders such as T R Baalu and Kanimozhi, among others, stayed away from the event, signalling discomfort in attending the tea meeting immediately after a contentious session, he said.The CPI(M) leader further said that INDIA bloc partners were neither consulted nor informed in advance about the Congress leadership’s participation. “There was no discussion within the INDIA bloc. The overall mood in the Opposition was clearly against attending such a meeting,” he said.



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