Parliament 2026 highlights: In Rajya Sabha address, PM Modi's 'big insult' charge at Oppn for LS disruption

• 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.

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.

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.”

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.”

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.

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’.”

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’.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

Parliament Session LIVE: Trinamool Congress members staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha in protest during the proceedings.

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.

Parliament Session LIVE: Behaviour of some members in Lok Sabha on Wednesday unprecedented, Speaker Om Birla said before adjourning the House.

Parliament Session LIVE: Behaviour of some opposition members in Speaker's office on Wednesday a ‘black spot’, Speaker Om Birla said.