The meeting took place in the Main Committee Room of the Parliament House Annexe.
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The entire Opposition on Sunday staged a symbolic walkout from the all-party meeting convened by the central government in the national capital, ahead of Monsoon Session of the Parliament, to protest against the invitation extended to rebel TMC MPs.
The meeting took place in the Main Committee Room of the Parliament House Annexe. It was attended by Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, Defence pMinister Rajnath Singh, Union Health Minister JP Nadda, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal and several other MPs of the ruling NDA.
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All Opposition parties staged a walkout from the All-Party meeting for a few minutes. This was a mark of protest against the decision of the Modi Govt to invite the NCPI that is a parking place for 20 so-called ‘rebel’ TMC MPs when a final decision is still pending with the…
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Several Opposition leaders took part in the meeting, including Congress MP Jairam Ramesh, NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule, RLD MP Rajkumar Sangwane, Samajwadi Party MP Dharmendra Yadav, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, Trinamool Congress rebel MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay, JMM MP Mahua Maji and others, IANS reported.
However, the meeting witnessed a dramatic turn as the INDIA bloc members walked out in protest over the participation of the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) – described as an unrecognised political party.
ALL Opposition parties staged walkout from All-Party meeting for a few minutes as mark of protest against decision of Modi Govt to invite NCPI- parking place for 20 ‘traitor’ TMC MPs when final decision on disqualification is still pending with Speaker.
— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) July 19, 2026
The Opposition leaders even protested against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s decisions on the rebel TMC lawmakers, allowing them to take separate seats in the House as well as merger of the rebel Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs with the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
“Opposition decided to walk out of all-party meeting to protest the Speaker’s decision on rebel MPs of TMC, Shiv Sena (UBT),” Congress leader Pramod Tiwari said.
Speaking to mediapersons, TMC MP Mahua Moitra said, “Today, the entire Opposition, including the Congress, the Samajwadi Party, DMK, JMM, Aam Aadmi Party, National Conference, Left parties, and Shiv Sena (UBT), walked out of the all-party meeting in protest because the so-called NCPI is an unrecognised party. The strength of the All India Trinamool Congress, as shown in the list provided by the Table Office, is 28 members. These so-called rebel 20 MPs have not had their merger approved by the Speaker. The 20 disqualification petitions are still pending.”
The walkout comes a day before the commencement of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
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