  The strong coupling constants of the $\pi$ and $K$ mesons with negative
parity octet baryons are estimated within the light cone QCD sum rules. It is
observed that all strong coupling constants, similar to the case for the
positive parity baryons, can be described in terms of three invariant
functions, where two of them correspond to the well known $F$ and $D$ couplings
in the $SU(3)_f$ symmetry, and the third function describes the $SU(3)_f$
symmetry violating effects. We compare our predictions on the strong coupling
constants of pseudoscalar mesons of negative parity baryons with those
corresponding to the strong coupling constants for the positive parity baryons.
