Budget session: Takeaways from Sonia's call to unite 17 parties against BJP

Congress leader urges like-minded parties to bury differences, stand firm against saffron set-up; BSP turns deaf ear

The Opposition parties are all set to attack the NDA government during the ongoing Budget session of the Parliament. In order to formulate their strategy, they met on Thursday, which was chaired by Congress ex-president Sonia Gandhi.

The leaders discussed various issues including Aadhaar matter, rampant incidents of communal violence, unemployment, fuel price rise. The meeting, on Thursday, was chaired by Congress ex-president Sonia Gandhi.

Sonia urged like-minded parties to overcome regional differences and join hands against BJP at the Centre. "We should altogether adopt a common approach and strategy both inside and outside Parliament... There can be