India's loss in monsoon session not Congress' gain: Government

Alleging that the Congress leadership was still not able to digest its defeat in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the government on Thursday said India's loss in the monsoon session was not the opposition party's gain.

The ruling NDA also decided to hold public rallies in parliamentary constituencies of Congress and Left MPs to highlight their "disruptive" practice in parliament.

"The Congress has exhibited that it continues to be enslaved by a family. It is willing to compromise on national interest and policy merely because the family is unable to digest its electoral defeat in 2014," Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said at a press conference here.

"India's loss in this (monsoon) session is not the Congress gain. There is popular disapproval of its policies of disruption without a cause," he added.

Jaitley criticised Sonia Gandhi for hitting a new low.

"It is for the first time that a most senior leader of a mainstream party has jumped into the well of the house. Even the pretext of stature and dignity was not maintained," he said.

Attacking Rahul Gandhi, the finance minister said: "There was no serious expectation that he (Rahul) would raise the level of the debate. He has failed to recognise the difference between sloganeering and parliamentary speech. The more he grows old, the more he immatures. Aggressive body language is never a substitute for substance."

Jaitley further said that the monsoon session has educated and enlightened public opinion that India's economic interests are being held to ransom by the political frustration of the Congress.