New Delhi: The Monsoon session of Parliament is all set to witness another stormy day on Tuesday after Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan suspended 25 Congress MPs for causing a disorder in the House.
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi held a meeting with party leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mallikarjun Kharge, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Kamal Nath to chalk out their strategy. Sources said the Congress is likely to boycott Lok Sabha and organise protest rallies.
Congress's remaining Lok Sabha members, including Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, will boycott the House on Tuesday in protest against the suspension. Party MPs will stage a dharna in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament House.
Nine parties including Trinamool Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Left, Nationalist Congress Party and Aam Aadmi Party have backed the Congress and will boycott the Lok Sabha as well.
The dramatic action by the Speaker was denounced as a "black day for India and democracy" by agitated Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, whose party warned that the development would find its echo in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday which is already in turmoil.
The cracking down on Congress members is the first such disciplinary action in the current Lok Sabha at a time when the Monsoon session so far has been a washout due to the relentless agitation by the Congress members over Lalit Modi and Vyapam issues.
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