With the second phase of Parliament’s Budget session set to begin next week, Congress president Sonia Gandhi held a strategy meeting with senior leaders in New Delhi on Friday.

Defence Minister A K Antony, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath and Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, who is also the Leader of the Lok Sabha, were present at the meeting. Sonia Gandhi’s Political Secretary Ahmed Patel and Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh also took part in the meeting.