New Delhi, Feb 5 (TIWN) Opposition leaders have given notice of amendment to the motion of thanks on President Ram Nath Kovind's address while the BJP has issued a three-line whip to its party members to be present in the Upper House from Monday onwards.

The discussion on the address concluded on Friday with Rajya Sabha sitting for another half-an-hour enabling the speakers to participate in the discussions. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to reply to the motion of thanks on the President's address in the Rajya Sabha on Monday and then the motion of thanks is likely to be passed.  The ruling BJP initiated the debate by fielding former Congress MPs Bhubaneswar Kalita and Jyotiraditya Scindia, both now with the BJP. On Friday,the party had used Neeraj Shekhar, a former Samajwadi Party leader who is now in the BJP. 

But the opposition was not deterred. Armed with farm laws' arsenal, Congress leader Anand Sharma launched a scathing attack on the Modi government in the Rajya Sabha. A number of opposition leaders have given notice of amendment to the motion of thanks on the President's address. These include Congress MPs Digvijaya Singh, K.C. Venugopal, Deepender Singh Hooda, Chhaya Verma and Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP Elamaram Kareem, among others.