Opposition to embarrass govt for a 3rd year in Rajya Sabha

Will move amendments to the motion of thanks for the President's address on how note ban was a mess

In the Budget sessions of Parliament in 2015 and 2016, a united Opposition in the Rajya Sabha embarrassed the Narendra Modi government in the debate on the President’s Address to the joint sitting of Parliament.

This year, the Modi government is set to face a hat-trick of such embarrassments. The Opposition, which has more numbers in the Rajya Sabha than the ruling benches, plans to again move an amendment to the official motion of thanks, this time to include how demonetisation caused widespread pain and led to deaths of over 100 people.

On Thursday, the Rajya Sabha took up the