India, May 3 -- With the 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill defeated in Parliament, the Congress will call a meeting of the INDIA bloc in the coming days to decide the future course of action and chalk out strategy for the next session. The party also plans to thank all alliance partners for standing united to defeat the Bill and for attending the session despite campaigning in their respective states.

Congress sources said that the party will convene a meeting of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc partners after May 4.

The source said that the Congress wants to thank all the alliance partners for the manner in which they remained united to defeat the 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill.

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