Parliament 2026 highlights: In Rajya Sabha address, PM Modi's 'big insult' charge at Oppn for LS disruption
Parliament Session highlights: PM Modi was scheduled to speak in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. However, his speech was cancelled after repeated adjournments and Opposition's protest.
Parliament 2026 highlights: Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his address in Rajya Sabha on Thursday amid protests and sloganeering from the opposition parties....Read More
At the start of his speech, PM Modi took a jibe at Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge telling him to "sit and make slogans" considering his age. Soon after, the opposition MPs walked out of the house, prompting the prime minister to say, "thak gaye, chale gaye" (They got tired, they left).
In his address, PM Modi targeted Rahul Gandhi over his remark calling Union MoS Ravneet Singh Bittu a “traitor.”
“Yesterday, a member of this Parliament was called a traitor…Many people have left congress, the party has been split several times. But he (Rahul) did not term anyone else a traitor,” the Prime Minister said.
He further added, “But our honorable MP was called a traitor because he was a Sikh, and this is a display of the enmity against Sikhs present inside the Congress.” “They insulted a man whose family was martyred for the country. Just because he changed his political ideology,” PM Modi said.
PM Modi also spoke about Viksit Bharat, saying India is witnessing high growth and low inflation. He said that from ‘fragile 5’, the country was now moving towards becoming the third largest economy.
The Prime Minister targeted the opposition on immigration, saying the court is facing pressure over the issue. The prime minister was making an apparent jibe at Mamata Banerjee, who appeared before the Supreme Court in challenge against the ongoing SIR exercise of the Election Commission.
Highlighting the trade deals with European Union and United States, PM Modi said India had now become the “leading voice” in Global South. The prime minister said that the country recently signed nine trade deals, including the "mother of all deals" with the 27-nation bloc EU.
Lok Sabha adjourned amid protests
Lok Sabha proceedings on Thursday were halted thrice. The proceedings on Thursday were first adjourned within a minute of commencement at 11 am and as the proceedings resumed at 12, it was halted again amid noisy protest from the Opposition side. The proceedings resumed at 2, but were halted till 3pm again. However, the session was adjourned for the day not soon after, with proceedings to resume at 11 am on Friday.
Wednesday's high drama in the Lok Sabha saw women MPs from the Opposition gheraoing the Prime Minister's seat with banners ahead of his scheduled speech. This led to adjournment of proceedings for the day and Modi did not speak in the House.
While the Lok Sabha proceedings and the debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address have been hampered by repeated adjournments this week, the Rajya Sabha has functioned without disruptions so far.
What led to Lok Sabha adjournments?
The row over former Army chief MM Naravane's unpublished memoir with reference to 2020 India-China standoff continued to hamper the House proceedings for third straight day on Wednesday. The BJP has alleged that Gandhi's mention of Naravane's unpublished memoir violates House rules and risked demoralising the armed forces. The slugfest between the ruling government and the Opposition further heightened on Wednesday as the BJP accused the Opposition of deliberately creating a ruckus in Parliament to stop PM Modi from speaking. The Congress alleged that he stayed away because he did not want scrutiny on national security.
Gandhi also displayed “Four Stars of Destiny”, ex-Army chief MM Naravane’s book, to reporters and said he would hand it over to Prime Minister Narendra Modi if he came to the Lok Sabha.
When will the budget session conclude?
The Budget session will conclude on April 2 as it comprises 30 sittings over 65 days. The two Houses will adjourn for a recess on February 13 and reconvene on March 9 to enable the Standing Committees to examine the Demands for Grants of various ministries and departments.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 10:53:10 PM IST
Parliament Session highlights: Key developments today
• Repeated adjournments marred Lok Sabha yet again, with the session getting adjourned minutes after resuming. The session was adjourned three times, following which the President's speech was adopted in the House without discussion or Prime Minister's address, in a first in 22 years.
• In the Rajya Sabha, BJP leader J P Nadda said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was ready to hold a discussion, while accusing the Opposition of not letting the Lok Sabha function. Regarding the India-US trade deal, Nadda told the Opposition, “You asked for a statement, we gave it…We informed you that the contours of the trade deal are being prepared and will be shared in the coming days.”
• A war of words erupted between Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge and finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, after the former responded to Nadda's remark on Congress party's functioning. “Does our party lynch like yours, or abuse like yours?” Kharge asked. Sitharaman responded and said how a tailor in Rajasthan under the Congress govt was ‘lynched’.
• On why PM Modi did not reply to the Motion of Thanks in Lok Sabha, Speaker Om Birla said, ““I got concrete information that several members of the congress party can go to PM's chair and do unexpected activity . I saw the event too. If it would have happened, the incident would have been very appalling and completely destroyed the democratic tradition of the country.”
• Meanwhile, PM Modi replied to the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address in Rajya Sabha, amid Opposition slogans. The Opposition staged a walkout, following which the Prime Minister said, "thak gaye, chale gaye."
• In his address, PM Modi addressed Rahul Gandhi's ‘traitor’ remark for Ravneet Singh Bittu. “Yesterday, a member of this Parliament was called a traitor…Many people have left congress, the party has been split several times. But he (Rahul) did not term anyone else a traitor…But our honorable MP was called a traitor because he was a Sikh, and this is a display of the enmity against Sikhs present inside the Congress,” he said.
• PM Modi spoke about Viksit Bharat, saying India is witnessing high growth and low inflation. The Prime Minister said India was becoming a “leading voice” in Global South, while highlighting trade deals with European Union and United States.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 09:27:27 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: TMC targets PM Modi, alleges more than 1 cr people affected by SIR
Parliament Session LIVE: Following PM Modi's jibe at West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress on Thursday in its response alleged more than 1 crore families had been affected by SIR.
“Today, in a veiled dig at Smt. @MamataOfficial’s appearance in the Supreme Court, @narendramodi misled Parliament by claiming that pressure is being mounted on the judiciary to protect “Ghuspaithiya,” the TMC said in a post on X.
“So who exactly is Didi fighting for, on the streets and in the courts?” the post asked, while alleging that 150 families “have lost loved ones due to this ruthless process”, and 1.4 crore people “elderly citizens, women, migrant workers, daily wage earners, and patients, branded as “logical discrepancies” and forced to appear for hearings.”
“These are the very people the Prime Minister dares to call “Ghuspaithiya.” Remember that before you cast your precious vote,” TMC said.
- 5 Feb 2026, 08:43:05 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: PM hails Sadanand Master's values during Rajya Sabha address
Parliament Session LIVE: During his address in the Rajya Sabha, PM Modi hailed BJP-nominated member C Sadanandan Master.
“On the other hand is the scene of Sadanandan Master, due to political animosity his legs were cut in his youth. He has spent his life with that, but his values are so high, he never uses foul language. Yesterday during his maiden speech, when he displayed his artificial limbs, the scene was painful for the country,” PM Modi said.
He added, “INDI alliance is responsible for it. Due to ideological differences, a teacher, a youth, his legs were chopped, and they have no regrets.”
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- 5 Feb 2026, 06:49:38 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: India not missing any bus today, instead leading convoy towards Viksit Bharat, says PM Modi
Parliament Session LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that today India is not missing any bus, but is leading the convoy as it moves towards its goal of Viksit Bharat.
Taking a jibe at the Congress party, the Prime Minister said that it did not promote any startup culture in the past, adding that it was “not able to lift its own startup.”
- 5 Feb 2026, 06:44:34 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: ‘Courts being pressured to save infiltrators,’ says PM Modi in jibe at Mamata Banerjee
Parliament Session LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took a jibe at West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee regarding her writ petition challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state.
“... Even the most prosperous countries are pushing out illegal infiltrators. In our country, courts are being pressured to save infiltrators,” PM Modi said.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 06:32:15 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Those talking about ‘mohabbat ki dukaan’ raising slogans like ‘Modi teri kabr khudegi’, says PM
Parliament Session LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a jibe at the Opposition Congress party on Thursday.
In his address, PM Modi said, “Those talking of 'mohabbat ki dukan' are raising slogans like ‘Modi teri kabr khudegi’.”
- 5 Feb 2026, 06:26:25 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Cong thinks PM's post only belongs to ‘shahi parivar’, says PM Modi
Parliament Session LIVE: PM Modi on Thursday said that the Congress things that the Prime Minister's post belongs only to the ‘shahi parivar’.
The Prime Minister said that Congress had never promoted startup culture. PM Modi said that country had given opportunity to “Congress's first family” for decades, adding that they “misled” people with slogans like ‘garibi hatao’.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 06:20:11 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: PM targets Rahul Gandhi over ‘traitor’ remark, says ‘insult to Sikhs’
Parliament Session LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday targeted Rahul Gandhi over his remark calling Union MoS Ravneet Singh Bittu a “traitor.”
“Yesterday, a member of this Parliament was called a traitor…Many people have left congress, the party has been split several times. But he (Rahul) did not term anyone else a traitor,” the Prime Minister said.
He further said, “But our honorable MP was called a traitor because he was a Sikh, and this is a display of the enmity against Sikhs present inside the Congress.”
PM Modi said that Bittu was not hurt despite the remark, while adding that he had not spoken against the Opposition in the House. “They insulted a man whose family was martyred for the country. Just because he changes his political ideology,” PM Modi added.
- 5 Feb 2026, 06:06:21 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Opposition stages walkout, PM says ‘thak gaye, chale gaye’
Parliament Session LIVE: PM Modi took a jibe after the Opposition MPs staged a walkout following the start of his Rajya Sabha address.
“Thak gaye, chale gaye…” PM Modi said. “But some day they will have to reply... How did they bring India to a point that no country was coming forward to have a trade deal with us,” the Prime Minister added.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 06:03:40 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Govt reduced ‘mountain’ of NPAs, restored health of banks, says PM Modi
Parliament Session LIVE: PM Modi said that the Centre had reduced the “mountain” of non-performing assets in banks and had brought it down to the lowest level of less than 1 per cent.
The Prime Minister said that his government had freed banks from the illness which had crept into their system and restored their health.
- 5 Feb 2026, 05:59:14 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: PM Modi says PSUs making record profits against notion of losses
Parliament Session LIVE: PM Modi, during his address in Rajya Sabha, said Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) were making record profits today, as against the notion that they were supposed to make losses.
The Prime Minister said that the second quarter of this century “is decisive just like the second quarter of India's freedom struggle in the last century was.” “I can clearly see that in the direction of building Viksit Bharat, this second quarter is going to be equally capable,” PM Modi added.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 05:56:28 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: India finalised 9 trade deals, including ‘mother of all deals’ with EU, says PM
Parliament Session LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday said India has finalised nine trade agreements with other countries.
"India is forging forward-looking trade agreements with numerous countries worldwide. Recently, we have finalised nine such deals. Among these, the most significant--often referred to as the "mother of all deals"--was signed with the 27 member states of the European Union," PM Modi said.
- 5 Feb 2026, 05:51:28 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: India has emerged as trusting partner for many countries, says PM Modi
Parliament Session LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India has emerged as a “trusting partner” for many countries as a “Vishwamitra and Vishwabandhu.”
“When we analyse the current situations and circumstances objectively and without political bias, it becomes evident that there is a growing inclination toward India,” PM Modi said.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 05:37:04 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: India moving towards becoming 3rd largest economy from ‘fragile 5’
Parliament Session LIVE: India is moving fast from the ‘fragile 5’ to becoming the 3rd largest economy in the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Rajya Sabha address.
PM Modi said the second quarter of this century would also be powerful for making India a developed country.
- 5 Feb 2026, 05:34:00 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: PM Modi says India now ‘leading voice’ of Global South, mentions EU, US trade deals
Parliament Session LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Rajya Sabha address, said India was now the “leading voice” of the Global South, while also referencing trade deals with the European Union and the United States.
PM Modi said the country is signing future-ready trade deals, and had signed the ‘mother of all deals’ with 27-nation bloc EU. The Prime Minister added that the new world order is inclined towards India.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 05:30:43 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: In Rajya Sabha, PM questions why no country made deal with India in past
Parliament Session LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha said the Opposition would have to answer why no country had come forward to make a trade deal with India in the past.
- 5 Feb 2026, 05:28:30 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: ‘We are spending lot of time correcting Cong’s mistakes,' says PM Modi
Parliament Session LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted the Congress party in his address in Rajya Sabha. The Prime Minister said that Congress had no planning and vision, adding that the NDA government was spending a lot of time “correcting” Congress's mistakes.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 05:26:06 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: India riding on ‘Reform Express’, high growth and low inflation, says PM Modi
Parliament Session LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address in the Rajya Sabha, said India was riding on the “Reform Expres”, while adding that the country was seeing high growth and low inflation.
- 5 Feb 2026, 05:11:49 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: PM Modi starts reply to Motion of Thanks amid Opposition slogans
Parliament Session LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his reply to the Motion of Thanks on the President's address, even as the Opposition shouted slogans.
This came after the Prime Minister skipped the Lok Sabha session, with Speaker Om Birla later saying that he had requested PM Modi to not come to prevent any unpleasant scenes.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 04:14:52 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: ‘Had concrete info’ that Oppn planned to do something unexpected when PM was supposed to speak,' says Om Birla
Parliament Session LIVE: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, after the House was adjourned, claimed he had “concrete information” that members of the Opposition planned to “to go to the PM's chair and do something unexpected.”
“I saw the event too. If it would have happened, the incident would have been very appalling and completely destroyed the democratic tradition of the country,” the Spkeaer said, adding that it was his “responsibility o then ensure that PM Modi does not come to the house.”
- 5 Feb 2026, 04:02:23 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: PM prevented unpleasant scenes by agreeing not to come to Lok Sabha, says Speaker
Parliament Session LIVE: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said he requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to skip the session today to avert any incident.
Birla thanked PM Modi for agreeing to not come to the House, saying the Prime Minister had prevented unpleasant scenes.
The Lok Sabha Speaker further said that had any incident taken place, it would have been unfortunate, adding that it was not appropriate if the Leader of the House does not speak.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 03:31:57 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: TMC walks out of Rajya Sabha
Parliament Session LIVE: Trinamool Congress members staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha in protest during the proceedings.
- 5 Feb 2026, 03:18:53 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Om Birla on why PM Modi did not reply to President's address
Parliament Session LIVE: Speaker Om Birla said that PM Modi was scheduled to reply to the President's address, but was disrupted. “I got concrete information that several members of the congress party can go to PM's chair and do unexpected activity . I saw the event too. If it would have happened, the incident would have been very appalling and completely destroyed the democratic tradition of the country,” he said.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 03:15:37 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Om Birla slams Oppn
Parliament Session LIVE: Behaviour of some members in Lok Sabha on Wednesday unprecedented, Speaker Om Birla said before adjourning the House.
- 5 Feb 2026, 03:13:06 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Om Birla hits out at Opposition
Parliament Session LIVE: Behaviour of some opposition members in Speaker's office on Wednesday a ‘black spot’, Speaker Om Birla said.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 03:07:39 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Lok Sabha adjourned
Parliament Session LIVE: Lok Sabha has been adjourned for the day amid Opposition ruckus.
- 5 Feb 2026, 02:36:15 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: BJP's Ravneet Bittu responds after Rahul Gandhi's traitor remark
Parliament Session LIVE: Union Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu on Thursday slammed Rahul Gandhi over the "traitor" remark and dubbed the Congress party a "family affair".
Rahul Gandhi and the BJP leader exchanged words outside Parliament, with the Lok Sabha LoP calling Bittu a "traitor." Bittu, who was in the Congress, had switched to the BJP in 2024. Ravneet Bittu said that he left the party as it was no longer the "real Congress". "When we were there (in Congress), we were winning seats for the party. We were never a burden on them. Then, when it became clear that the party had become a family affair and was no longer the Congress party it once was, everyone started leaving. If it had remained the real Congress, people would have stayed. I said that if this were the real Congress, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi themselves would have climbed on tables and gotten suspended (from the House) first," the Union MoS said.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 02:31:01 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Congress MP Pramod Tiwari targets PM Modi
Parliament Session LIVE: Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Thursday criticised PM Modi over the former Army Chief MM Naravane's unpublished memoir row and India-US trade deal, claiming that the PM is "unable to muster the moral courage to face people and parliament" over these issues. “For the first time in the history of PM Modi's tenure, after the Indo-American deal and General Naravane's citation, PM Modi is unable to muster the moral courage to face the people of India and the Parliament of India,” Tiwari was quoted as saying by ANI.
- 5 Feb 2026, 02:29:23 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Very little opportunity, says Jairam Ramesh
Parliament Session LIVE: Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Thursday warned that there's "very little opportunity" for the house to run if Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi is not allowed to make his point in Parliament about the 2020 standoff with China. “There is only one issue in Parliament that is agitating the opposition, that the LoP in Lok Sabha has been prevented from speaking in Lok Sabha. LoP in the Rajya Sabha raised this issue. Opposition MPs in the Rajya Sabha have also walked out of the house today on this,” Ramesh said,.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 02:21:28 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Adjournments continue
Parliament Session LIVE: Lok Sabha proceedings have once again been adjourned for the third time today. The house was first adjourned after 11am, then after 12 noon and again after proceedings began at 2pm.
- 5 Feb 2026, 01:55:41 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Shashi Tharoor backs Rahul Gandhi
Parliament Session LIVE: : Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday backed the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, saying he should be allowed to speak in Parliament about the 2020 standoff with China. “The LoP should be allowed to speak, and what is more, is that what he is quoting is a matter that is already in the public domain. It is published in a magazine. All he wanted to do was make his point. By raising such a big objection and not allowing him to speak, a much larger problem has been created,” Tharoor said.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 01:17:25 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: President's speech cleared with a voice vote
Parliament Session LIVE: The Lok Sabha passed the Motion of Thanks on the President's address without the customary reply by the PM as the Opposition protested. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla put the opposition amendments to the Motion of Thanks to vote, which were rejected.
The Speaker then read out the Motion of Thanks to the President for her address to both Houses of Parliament on January 28, which was passed by a voice vote, amid sloganeering by the opposition members.
- 5 Feb 2026, 01:11:55 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Oppn stages walk out in Rajya Sabha
Parliament Session LIVE: The Opposition led by Congress staged a walkout on Thursday from the Rajya Sabha after Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge was not allowed to quote from a "memoir" of former Army chief M M Naravane on the 2020 India-China conflict.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 12:47:37 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Priyanka Gandhi responds to JP Nadda's ‘abodh’ remark on Rahul Gandhi
Parliament Session LIVE: Responding to JP Nadda's ‘abodh baalak’ remark against Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, "He should be allowed to speak. Is this a way to talk about anyone? What are they scared of? That he will quote from a book? Or are they scared ofthe Epstein files? Or that we will question them on this deal ( US-India trade agreement)?"
- 5 Feb 2026, 12:32:41 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Why was President's speech cleared without PM's reply?
Parliament Session LIVE: For the first time in 22 years, Lok Sabha has passed a resolution thanking President for her address to a joint sitting of Parliament during the Budget Session without the Prime Minister's reply to her speech. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was expected to reply to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address on Wednesday. However, after repeated disruptions and sloganeering by opposition members, the Speaker adjourned the Lok Sabha. On Thursday, the Lok Sabha sitting, which began at 11 am, was adjourned soon after INDIA bloc MPs raised slogans targeting PM Modi and the Centre. Opposition MPs raised the issue of the alleged denial of the right to speak to Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi in the lower house.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 12:15:26 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: President's speech cleared without discussion for the first time in 22 years
Parliament Session LIVE: President's speech has been cleared in the Lok Sabha for the first time since 2004 when the then prime minister, Manmohan Singh, could not reply to the budget debate.
- 5 Feb 2026, 12:13:39 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: President's speech adopted in LS without discussion
Parliament Session LIVE: President's speech has been passed in the Lok Sabah without any discussion or PM's address amid ruckus in the House by the Opposition side.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 12:07:10 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Lok Sabha adjourned again
Parliament Session LIVE: As Lok Sabha proceedings started at 12 noon after 11am adjournment, the proceedings were halted again, this time five minutes after it started.
- 5 Feb 2026, 12:02:07 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Lok Sabha proceedings resume
Parliament Session LIVE: Lok Sabha proceedings have resumed after they were adjourned minutes after commencement at 11am.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 12:02:07 PM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Lok Sabha proceedings resume
Parliament Session LIVE: Lok Sabha proceedings have resumed after they were adjourned minutes after commencement at 11am.
- 5 Feb 2026, 11:55:23 AM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: ‘Govt not allowing one House to function to hide its mistakes’: Congress
Parliament Session LIVE: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said the government is not allowing Lok Sabha LoP to speak and not allowing one House to function “to hide its mistakes."
“The Lok Sabha has not been allowed to function for the last 4 days because the Leader of Opposition is not being permitted to speak. Parliament is formed only when both Houses meet. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are both pillars of Parliament. But the government is not allowing one House to function in order to hide its mistakes; it has paralysed it. The Modi government is deceiving the country, insulting the country. When the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Shri Rahul Gandhi ji, speaks about it, he is not allowed to speak,” Kharge said.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 11:45:22 AM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Suspended Congress MPs protest
Parliament Session LIVE: Eight suspended MPs also protested in front of the Makar Dwar, shouting slogans and holding a poster of PM Modi with the quote "PM IS COMPROMISED."
- 5 Feb 2026, 11:43:25 AM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Why was Lok Sabha adjourned?
Parliament Session LIVE: Lok Sabha was adjourned minutes after it started on Thursday after the INDIA bloc MPs raised slogans targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre. The Opposition MPs raised the issue of the alleged denial to Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi of the right to speak in the Lower House.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 11:39:51 AM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Sitharaman vs Kharge over ‘lynching’ remark
Parliament Session LIVE: A war of words between Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge and finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman erupted in the upper house after Kharge responded to Nadda's remark on Congress party's functioning. “Does our party lynch like yours, or abuse like yours?” Kharge said. To this Sitharaman reacted and said how a tailor in Rajasthan under the Congress govt was ‘lynched’ after a BJP spokesperson's remarks.
- 5 Feb 2026, 11:33:32 AM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: LoP Lok Sabha doesn't follow the House rule: Rijiju
Parliament Session LIVE: Kiren Rijiju in the Rajya Sabha said, “Today we all are expecting that all MPs will follow rules and traditions of the house. All MPs are waiting to hear the PM's speech today. If Congress doesn't want to listen to the PM's address, but all other members do. Your LoP Lok Sabha doesn't follow the House rule.”
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- 5 Feb 2026, 11:32:23 AM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Don't let the party become hostage, Nadda tells Congress
Parliament Session LIVE: JP Nadda while referring to the Congress leaders in the Rajya Sabha said the party should not be turned into a hostage and work democratically in an indirect dig at Rahul Gandhi.
- 5 Feb 2026, 11:24:16 AM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: We gave a statement on India-US trade deal: Nadda
Parliament Session LIVE: BJP's JP Nadda said the government responded to Opposition's demand for statement on India-US trade deal. “You asked for a statement, we gave it,” he said as voices from the Opposition side said no statement was given. “We informed you that the contours of the trade deal are being prepared and will be shared in the coming days,” Nadda said in the Rajya Sabha.
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- 5 Feb 2026, 11:21:04 AM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Modi govt always ready for discussion, says JP Nadda
Parliament Session LIVE: In the Rajya Sabha, BJP leader JP Nadda told the Congress that the Modi government is always ready to hold a discussion. He said PM Modi was ready to answer all the questions raised by the Opposition. “You did not let the Lok Sabha function,” Nadda said as he blamed the Congress for Lok Sabha disruptions.
- 5 Feb 2026, 11:17:22 AM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Kharge rakes up Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha speech interruption
Parliament Session LIVE: Rajya Sabha LoP took up the interruption of Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha speech and said, "Parliament means Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The LoP, Lok Sabha, wanted to speak on the country's interests, but was not allowed to speak. How can you run the House like this?"
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- 5 Feb 2026, 11:09:20 AM IST
Parliament Session LIVE: Lok Sabha adjourned
Parliament Session LIVE: Showdown in the Lok Sabha continues as proceedings have been adjourned till 12 noon minutes after the proceedings began at 11 am.