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Parliament Monsoon Session saw frequent disruptions, with Om Birla, Harivansh, and Kiren Rijiju criticising opposition protests and limited legislative work.
All through the Monsoon session, which commenced on July 21, the INDIA bloc continued their protests against Bihar SIR. (Photo: Sansad TV)
Parliament Monsoon Session: The Monsoon Session of the Parliament, which concluded on Thursday, saw frequent disruptions that overshadowed legislative business, with the House losing over 84 hours to forced adjournments, the highest in the 18th Lok Sabha. The month-long session that started on July 21 had 21 sittings with 37 hours and 7 minutes of effective business, according to the Lok Sabha secretariat.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harisvansh Narayan Singh, and Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju hit out at the opposition for “planned disruptions” and “sloganeering,” which affected the functioning of the proceedings of the Parliament.
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Persistent Deadlock And Planned Disruption, Says Om Birla
In his final address on the last day of the Session, the Lok Sabha Speaker expressed concern over the lack of decorum in the House and criticised the Opposition for “planned disruptions” and “sloganeering.”
He blamed the Opposition for the House’s limited productivity of 37 hours, which fell short of the targeted 120 hours of discussion.
“This session commenced on July 21, 2025. In this session, 12 legislations were passed. On July 28 and 29, there was a special discussion on Operation Sindoor, which was concluded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s answers. On August 18, a special discussion was initiated on India’s achievements in space programs. In this session, 419 types of questions were included, but due to planned disruptions, only 55 questions could be answered,” Birla said, as quoted by news agency ANI.
Birla said that at the commencement of the Session, the House had planned that there would be a 120-hour discussion, and a consensus was also formed for this in the Business Advisory Committee (BAC), but due to ruckus and planned disruptions, the productivity was only 37 hours.
“People choose us as their representative to work on their problems, but from few days, I have been observing that discussions in the House are not in accordance with the decorum and traditions,” he added.
The Lok Sabha Speaker called out political parties to check on their behaviour, stating that the language of MPs, both inside and outside parliament, should be dignified.
“The sloganeering, planned disruptions that are being carried inside the House and in the Parliament premises are not our tradition. Especially, the language that has been used in this session is not in accordance with the decorum of the House. We should follow healthy traditions,” he said.
It Is Unfortunate, Says Harivansh
Additionally, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh also expressed his displeasure and said that only 38.88% work could be accomplished in the Upper House.
“It is unfortunate that despite efforts to conduct the proceedings of Rajya Sabha smoothly, disruptions have occurred. In the session, only 38.88% of the work, equivalent to just over 41 hours, could be accomplished,” Harivansh said as reported by Times of India.
Session Fruitful For Govt, Unsuccessful For Opposition, Says Rijiju
Meanwhile, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju described the session, marred by the opposition’s “frequent disruptions” as “fruitful and successful” for the country and the government but “unsuccessful and damaging” for the opposition.
After both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned sine die, Rijiju said the government got all its business transacted and the session had a “success rate of 100 per cent”, insisting that the treasury benches were forced to pass their bills in din as the opposition refused to pay heed to their request to allow discussion.
“The government has to discharge its duties to people in the national interest,” he said as quoted by news agency PTI, adding that the opposition cannot prevent the government from working with its protests.
Taking a dig at the opposition parties, Rijiju said their floor leaders and whips at times came to an informal understanding with the government during the session, but could not implement it in the two Houses.
“It was a major loss for opposition MPs, especially the newly elected ones, as they did not even get a chance to speak in the House… Opposition leaders are themselves responsible for this,” the Union minister said.
Monsoon Session Ruckus
All through the Monsoon session, which commenced on July 21, the INDIA bloc continued their protests against Bihar SIR, inside and outside Parliament, accusing the ECI of “vote theft”.
Barring discussions on Operation Sindoor in both the Houses, the session has seen little business due to repeated disruptions and adjournments initially due to opposition demand for discussion on Operation Sindoor and then over demands for a discussion on SIR.
Leaders who vocally criticised the exercise were Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, TMC MP Mahua Moitra, AAP MP Sanjay Singh.
The government ruled it out on the grounds that the administrative work of a constitutional body like the Election Commission cannot be discussed in Parliament. The only agenda item that was conducted smoothly was a two-day discussion on Operation Sindoor in both Houses.
Meanwhile, 12 bills were passed by the Lok Sabha and 15 by the Rajya Sabha during the month-long Monsoon session.
(With inputs from agencies)
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