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New Delhi: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation; how an online movement like the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) gained traction; questions for the Congress on its move to end its alliance with the DMK and on anti-CPI(M) statements its national leaders made during the campaign trail in Kerala; a focus on ground movements to build on discontent – these were the issues that dominated discussions in the opposition INDIA bloc’s meeting in New Delhi on Monday (June 8).

The meeting held a month after the assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala and amid the ongoing turmoil within the Trinamool Congress (TMC), saw leaders of 25 opposition parties attending to forge unity and chalk the path ahead.

Following the meeting, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge told reporters that the parties agreed to a five-point consensus on sending a letter to the Chief Justice of India on the special intensive revision (SIR) and the fairness of elections, demanding Pradhan’s resignation following the NEET-UG and CBSE examination fiascos and an all-party meeting on the current economic situation, and also resolved to meet every two months while continuing parliamentary coordination during the upcoming monsoon session.

The Wire has learnt from opposition leaders present at the meeting that all issues, criticisms, grievances and suggestions were discussed. The current education crisis was discussed in the aftermath of the NEET-UG and CBSE examination fiascos along with the protest held by the CJP in Delhi on Saturday demanding Pradhan’s resignation.

Sources said that Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Uddhav Thackeray was of the opinion that the attendance at the CJP’s protest showed that the people don’t have trust in the........

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