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NCP (SP) MPs to meet Modi on Maharashtra issues
All eight Lok Sabha MPs of the opposition NCP (SP) will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 11:00am on Monday at his Parliament office to raise concerns over water shortages, farmer suicides,…
The Story in Brief
All eight Lok Sabha MPs of the opposition NCP (SP) will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 11:00am on Monday at his Parliament office to raise concerns over water shortages, farmer suicides, and urbanisation challenges in Maharashtra. Party national working president and Baramati MP Supriya Sule told media in Mumbai that the meeting was scheduled because Parliament's functioning was being stalled repeatedly.
The MPs will also demand the NDA government withdraw the FCRA Bill in its present form or refer it to a joint parliamentary committee. Sule said foreign funds for education of poor children or polio injections should not be treated with suspicion. She also advocated for a transparent SIT probe into Jantar Mantar protests and the NEET examination controversy.
The Indian Opinion
NCP (SP) MPs meeting Modi directly bypasses the usual adversarial gridlock, but the optics are familiar: opposition leaders airing state grievances to a prime minister they otherwise attack daily. The real test is whether Modi responds with more than a photo-op. The FCRA Bill debate, however, carries genuine substance. Can the government distinguish between humanitarian foreign aid and illicit funding without tarring all overseas contributions as suspicious? That distinction, not the meeting, will settle credibility.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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