According to sources, BJP MPs have already given notices for a discussion on the JNU issue. The first face-off is likely to surface on Wednesday, a day after the President's address.
Signs of a government-Opposition stand-off in the Budget session, starting on Tuesday, manifested at an all-party meeting on Monday.
With battle lines drawn on the JNU row, both sides are keen on discussing it before any other debate in the House. While the Opposition is gearing up to launch an offensive, the BJP is eyeing an opportunity to flaunt its "nationalism" card.
According to sources, BJP MPs have already given notices for a discussion on the JNU issue. The first face-off is likely to surface on Wednesday, a day after the President's address.
The government's approach to the JNU episode is expected to unite the Opposition, which also wants to raise the suicide of Dalit student Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad, Jat stir and the Pathankot attack.
The Congress has made it clear that contentious Bills like the Goods and Services Tax (GST) should not be brought in the first half of the session.
The government said that it was as concerned by the recent incidents in different universities as any party and want them to be discussed. The BJP, which is hoping to turn the JNU debate into a patriots versus anti-nationalists one, would try to show who was on the side of nationalism through the debate, sources said.
Party president Amit Shah had written a blog in which he questioned the stand taken by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on the issue. The BJP has taken an aggressive stand, retaliating to the Opposition, which had attacked the government on Vemula's suicide.
"Contentious bills should not be brought. Bring only those bills on which there is general agreement. Bills like GST will not come in the first half of the session," Congress leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said.
CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury drew a "chilling parallel" to the current situation in the country with the one that led to the rise of Fascism in Germany.
Parliamentary affairs minister Venkaiah Naidu said that a number of regional parties believe that they were not getting adequate time to raise issues due to disruptions in Parliament.
Around 40 leaders of 26 parties in both Houses of Parliament attended the meeting.
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