Alleging that claims made by PM Modi in his speech were untrue, Surjewala said that PM Modi should have talked about something that could help the common folk.
Rahul predicted that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would not even get 230 Lok Sabha seats and hence there was no question of Modi becoming Prime Minister again.
Congress general secretary Ashok Gehlot said postponing the upcoming state assembly elections and conducting these with Lok Sabha polls in 2019 is "not possible" under the Constitution or the law.
BJP, Congress war over Rafale deal
“The Congress party is unable to accept the fact that a person from a poor family is leading the country today,” he added.
The party on Saturday alleged that BJP resident did not mention his liabilities in his election affidavit during the Rajya Sabha election in 2017, even though his son Jay Shah's company Kusum Finserve was given loans worth Rs 95 crore by several banks mortgaging Shah's properties.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Surjewala also questioned Modi's silence on cases involving Vijay Mallya, Lalit Modi, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, who have fled the country after they came under the scanner of investigating agencies.
Replying to a query, Chaturvedi said, "I don't think the opposition unity is breaking in any way."
The Congress claimed that there is a difference of opinion among the Union cabinet members, pointing out that while the prime minister says his government has given jobs to one crore people, his cabinet minister Nitin Gadkari says there is no job.
Chaturvedi demanded an explanation on why an extra amount of Rs. 41,205 crore of the public money is being paid for the jets. She claimed that by announcing the deal in 2015, Modi had violated the mandatory "Defence Procurement Procedure".
The Congress MP said that the male community has always dominated the society, adding women are oppressed in every religion.
The Congress-led Opposition has been demanding that the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2017 be sent to a Select Committee for further scrutiny.
Even though the contentious Triple Talaq Bill failed to see the light of day in Rajya Sabha, the Monsoon Session proved to be the "most productive" for Lok Sabha since last 2000, according to a think tank.
The Congress president said the situation related to the condition of women has not been as bad in the “last 3000 years” and “everybody is asking the BJP and the NDA where are ‘acche din’ (good days).”
The minister alleged that the Congress supported the bill in the Lok Sabha but not in the Rajya Sabha due to its double standards.
Gandhi along with opposition MPs, including Raj Babbar, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma, Ambika Soni, CPI’s D Raja, AAP MP Sushil Gupta, among others, protested in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in Parliament complex, holding placards and raising slogans. They demanded that a joint parliamentary committee probe into the issue.
Jakhar also waived a paper replica of the fighter aircraft during the Zero Hour as Congress members were in the Well raising slogans on the issue.
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has urged the Congress to support the amended Triple Talaq Bill. Prasad said the bill seeks justice for crores of women.
The Triple Talaq Bill could not be tabled in Rajya Sabha today as the Congress continued to demand discussion on Rafale jet deal first.
According to sources, Congress is anguished over not being allowed to raise the issue of Rafale jet deal in the House.
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