Party sources said that Gandhi has so far not initiated any plans for an opposition meet to decide the floor strategy in the three-month long session in which the first full- fledged Budget of the Narendra Modi government will be presented.
Congress will only hold its strategy meeting before the session, the sources said.
Opposition has remained disparate in the 15th Lok Sabha with Congress failing to secure even enough numbers to get the Leader of the Opposition post in the Lower House. It has got just 44 seats in the 543-member House
With no dominant opposition party, the opposition space has remained divided in this Lok Sabha and there has been no meeting of non-NDA parties since the new government took over in May last.
Congress sources also discounted reports that government has approached it ahead of the session to seek its cooperation on crucial bills.
Several opposition parties including the Congress, JD-U and the Left are likely to make a common cause in opposing the controversial Land Acquisition ordinance. Government is bringing as many as six bills to replace ordinances in the session.
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