Setting the stage for a stormy start Wednesday to the month-long winter session of Parliament, Opposition leaders met in New Delhi Monday evening to draw up a common strategy to take on the government over its move to demonetise higher denomination currency notes and the problems being faced by people. But the very issue which brought them together also revealed divisions in the Opposition ranks. What did, however, become clear that the Opposition parties Congress, JD(U), Trinamool Congress, CPM, CPI, RJD, JMM and the YSR Congress, which are likely to be joined by BSP, DMK and possibly SP for another meeting Tuesday will not let Parliament function and try to put the BJP-led government on the mat over the demonetisation issue.

There was no unanimity on proposals like marching to Rashtrapati Bhavan to jointly petition President Pranab Mukherjee on November 16 — this was suggested by Trinamool leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.