Modi 3.0’s First Parliament Session: Opposition Armed with LS Mandate, NEET Controversy, and Key Wins Eyes ‘Acche Din’

Modi 3.0’s First Parliament Session: Opposition Armed with LS Mandate, NEET Controversy, and Key Wins Eyes ‘Acche Din’

This is the Opposition’s placard for the first Parliament session following the Lok Sabha elections, ready to stretch its muscle, equipped with issues and labeling the government and PM as “minus mandate.” Although the administration has taken some action to combat the NEET issue, the opposition is not going to be appeased. It’s a problem that it is well aware of and could be relevant, particularly given how angry many students are about the last-minute postponement of the NEET exams. The unified Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) caucus therefore wants to bring up this issue.

As per the reports, the bloc is actually planning to initiate contact with parties like the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP), which have so far opted to remain neutral. The opposition believes that the students’ problem would guarantee the growth of the platform. More than anything, the opposition is riding on the strength of the simple visuals. The image of Rahul Gandhi as the aspirant and victor who “humbled the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)” is the most prominent one for the Congress. He is further strengthened by Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party (SP), whose performance in Uttar Pradesh (UP) has taken the BJP by surprise. The UP wale ladke intends to “take them on” with Rahul Gandhi.

In the eyes of the opposition, KL Sharma’s victory from Amethi is the cherry on top. Another significant victory that the Opposition is eyeing is Mahua Moitra’s return. After being disqualified from her last term as a Member of Parliament (MP) due to allegations of accepting paid for questions, she won by a significant margin. The bloc had rallied around her, and she had promised to fight again. Her reappearance will serve as proof. Though the two parties were at odds during the Lok Sabha elections, it’s noteworthy that Mamata Banerjee, the leader of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), has promised to back Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Wayanad during the bypolls. Banerjee’s offer will strengthen connections within the INDIA bloc while the Congress awaits her admittance into the Lok Sabha.

An other bone of contention that the TMC and DMK would bring up with the BJP is their respective states’ performance.The narrative the opposition is constructing—that this is a “zero mandate government”—is the centerpiece of their approach, though. As the BJP was unable to secure a simple majority, the Congress refers to the Prime Minister as a “1/3rd PM.” Furthermore, the Congress anticipates that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would have to contend with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Janata Dal United (JDU), just as their United Progressive Alliance-2 was plagued and crippled by its tantrum-throwing allies. The INDIA bloc asserts, “This honeymoon won’t last long.”

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The opposition is unmoved despite the government’s arsenal of weapons as well. The opposition is in no mood to back down, even in this short session that centers on the president’s address and swearing as well as the government’s anticipated campaign against NEET. The strategy is to mount a strong defense against the BJP at every turn in the Lok Sabha. Rahul, Akhilesh, Supriya Sule, and Mahua are the axes they are focusing on. The opposition believes that the “achhe din” has arrived.