New Delhi, July 19 -- A meeting of the parliamentary party of the National Citizens' Party of India (NCPI) is scheduled to be held at 4 pm today in the Samvidhan Sadan building.

The meeting is expected to discuss the party's strategy ahead of the Monsoon Session.

Twenty rebel MPs of the Trinamool Congress in the Lok Sabha had earlier announced that they are merging with NCPI.

Rebel Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay attended the all-party meeting, convened the day before the Monsoon Session of Parliament, as the leader of the Nationalist Citizen Party of India (NCPI).

Bandyopadhyay asserted that the "House belongs to the Opposition" while calling on the government to ensure the smooth functioning of Parliament.

Speaking to ANI...