Congress likely to focus on trade deal as Budget discussion gets underway in Lok Sabha

The Congress party is likely to step up its pressure against the Narendra Modi Government over the Indo-U.S. trade deal, with the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi likely to focus on it when he takes part in the discussion on the Union Budget on Wednesday (February 11, 2026).

The Lok Sabha, which has been paralysed since February 2, started functioning on Tuesday (February 10, 2026), after the Opposition submitted a notice to move a resolution against Speaker Om Birla for conducting the proceedings in a “partisan” manner.

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Before moving the petition, senior Opposition leaders, including Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party (SP), K.C. Venugopal and Gaurav Gogoi of the Congress, Abhishek Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress, and T.R. Baalu of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) met Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju to end the stalemate, but were unsuccessful.

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