Parliament monsoon session highlights: 'Sadan mein aao' chants for PM, Amit Shah dominate session; both Houses adjourned

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Congress President and leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has questioned PM Modi and Amit Shah’s absence from the monsoon session proceedings.

"We want the Prime Minister and the Home Minister to come to the House and present their views. What do they have to say? There is the issue of the missing funds. What is their position on it? Students were beaten, pellet guns were used, tear gas was fired, and every possible measure was taken against them. Why did this happen? For what reason? Both the Prime Minister and the Home Minister should take responsibility and make statements in the House. The Prime Minister is not even willing to come into the House, and that is an insult to the people who elected us. It is an insult to democracy,” Kharge told reporters in the Parliament complex.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Congress MP Tanuj Punia on Monday accused the RSS of following the “path of the British” and branding peaceful youth protests as "anti-national".

“When the country's freedom struggle was going on, similar peaceful protests were taking place, lathicharges were carried out in the same manner, and it was also declared anti-national and illegal. The RSS people follow the path of the British. They were in collusion with them... If these people are calling the protests of the country's youth anti-national, then somewhere they themselves have become dictators like the British…,” he told news agency ANI.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah should come to the House when asked whether he should be present in Parliament today.

Responding to ANI, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, "Yes, he should come," referring to Amit Shah's expected presence in the House.

The remarks come amid a political standoff between the ruling party and the Opposition, with Congress leaders seeking the Home Minister's response on issues being raised in Parliament.

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Parliament monsoon session LIVE: The Rajya Sabha passed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026 despite protests and disruptions by Opposition members.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Following the adjournment of both Houses, TMC MP Mahua Moitra has called for answers from PM Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah for the security crackdown on students and other protestors during the CJP's July 20 Chalo Sansad march.

“Our message is that the incident that happened in Delhi on July 20, the march that was taken out from Jantar Mantar towards Parliament. In that, we saw how the Delhi Police took action against children, fired tear gas, and fired pellet guns. Amit Shah has not taken any responsibility for this yet. He is the Home Minister of the country; his job is to come to the House. Right now, the House is in session, and the Prime Minister of the country is hiding from the House. He posts messages and makes reels on Instagram at 12 o'clock at night, but Amit Shah is not even making reels. He should answer,” Moitra told reporters.

The TMC MP also called on PM Modi and Shah to apologise to the 15-year-old girl and the youth of India for subjecting them to a violent crackdown.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026, was passed in the Rajya Sabha amid protests by Opposition members.

Furthermore, union minister JP Nadda also noted that many opposition MPs voted ‘no’ for the amendments pushed by their own parties during the voice vote.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: The proceedings of the Rajya Sabha have been adjourned for the day amid constant slogneering from the Opposition. The proceedings will resume on August 4, 11am

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: With the Lok Sabha already adjourned for the day, Rajya Sabha proceedings have been disrupted by chanting and sloganeering from the Opposition.

During the discussion on the MSME amendment bill, several MPs were heard calling on PM Modi and Amit Shah to attend the proceedings.

“Amit Shah, Pradhan Mantri sadan aao" chants continue to disrupt the proceedings in the upper house.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union home minister Amit Shah of “undermining the values of the House,” by not attending the monsoon session of the Parliament.

“HM Amit Shah has been absent from the House ever since the session began. If the Home Minister and the Prime Minister do not attend the House, they are undermining the values ​​of the House,” Gogoi told ANI.

The Congress MP's remarks came as the opposition continues to protest in the complex, demanding answers from the PM and Shah regarding the crackdown on protestors in Delhi on July 20 as well as the Ram temple donations theft case.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: The MSME Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026, is being discussed in the Rajya Sabha. The bill aims to amend the law aimed at facilitating the promotion and development of MSMEs.

The bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on July 28, 2026.

If passed, the bill will be moved in the Lok Sabha for further consideration.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: TMC MP Dola Sen called on union home minister Amit Shah to attend the Parliament proceedings. Speaking on the MSME bill, the TMC MP also requested the Rajya Sabha speaker to ask Shah to attend the proceedings over the security crackdown on students and protestors in New Delhi.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Following the passage of the bill to increase the strength of Supreme Court judges, the Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day.

Proceedings will now resume on August 4 at 11am

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Supreme Court judges amendment bill, which increases the number of judges in the top court from 33 to 37, bringing the total capacity of the top court to 38.

The bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on July 20, 2026, by Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Lok Sabha proceedings resume after a two-hour adjournment.

BJP MP Sanjay Seth reacted to the alleged paper leak in Jharkhand and the resultant protests and said that not a single government official has met with the protesting students.

Speaking to news agency ANI, he said, "For 10 days, thousands of students have been sitting on a dharna, with just one demand: a CBI investigation. Not a single government official has gone to engage with those children... Their only demand is a CBI investigation..."

Congress MP Rajeev Shukla reacted to the Ram Temple donation 'theft' case and said, "The issue of the theft of offerings in the Ram temple will be raised in the House. So far, these people have done nothing. Why don't you set up a Sanatan Board there, appoint sadhus and saints? Why do you want to keep your own people in the Trust (Ram Temple)? What is the motive?"

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke has alleged that there was collusion between "goons" and Delhi Police during the July 20 protest.

“I have been saying since the beginning of our movement that some people from outside will be sent to create disturbance during the protest, to defame the protest, and those belonging to CJP will be accused. These goons had pre-planned with Delhi Police. At the protest site where I was not being allowed to go without checking, there were 2100 criminals roaming freely. This is a big question on Delhi Police,” he told news agency ANI.

"On July 19, Delhi Police stationed a truck full of rocks behind the stage at Jantar Mantar. What was the reason behind it? A damaged van was also parked there before July 20. The next day, news came that there was stone pelting at the protest. Delhi Police had already planned this," he claimed.

Questioning Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Dipke added - “How can this (stone pelting at protest and police action on protestors) happen under Home Minister Amit Shah? Does his police get active only when they have to hit 12-year-old girls? But you could not stop the criminals. You (Delhi Police) have said that 2100 criminals were seen at the protest site. This is a clear failure of Amit Shah and the Police. In fact, it was not their failure, but it was a part of their planning.”

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Speaking on the recent adjournments in the Parliament, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor stated that the constant disruptions and lack of communication are not good for the “health of our parliament and democracy.”

“I am disappointed. Parliament has a value over and above the immediate passage or non-passage of a bill... There is a level of lack of communication between the government and the opposition that has resulted in this unhappy situation... It was a common practice for our parliamentary affairs minister to go and reach out to the other side in order to try and prevent disruption... I don't see very much giving and taking in this process right now and I think this is not good for the health of our parliament or the health of our democracy,” he told news agency ANI

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday demanded answers from the Centre in Parliament on police action against protesters on July 20 and the Ayodhya Ram Mandir donation embezzlement case.

“Modi Govt will have to answer INDIA 1. Home Minister should come to the Parliament and explain the lathicharge-pellet gun action on students. 2. Prime Minister should answer how the chanda-chadhava (offerings) donated to Shri Ram Mandir was stolen, even as the Trust was under PM's oversight,” Kharge wrote on X.

The opposition has been on an offensive against Union Home Minister Amit Shah, alleging the lathi-charge and use of pellet guns by Delhi Police against protesters during the July 20 march led by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP).

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: The Lok Sabha has been adjourned again, this time till 2 PM as Opposition protests drown House proceedings.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: The Bankers' Book Evidence Bill, 2026, has been tabled in the Lok Sabha. The bill aims to modernise the law governing evidence in bankers' books in accordance with the "digital era."

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: The Indian Statistical Institute Bill 2026, has been tabled in the Lok Sabha by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

The bill which aims to provide a statutory framework for the Indian Statistical Institute.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav has slammed the FIRs against opposition MPs Rahul Gandhi, Pappu Yadav, and Awadhesh Prasad over alleged insult to Sanatan Dharma.

"This is just to deflect the issue. There is a complete sense of disillusionment in this government, and people are disappointed by the government. The way land scam and theft of donations was done regarding Ram Janambhoomi, this government is fully responsible for it," she told reporters.

An FIR was filed against Rahul Gandhi, Pappu Yadav, and Awadhesh Prasad after the Opposition MPs staged a skit inside the Parliament complex regarding the Ram temple donation theft case.

The FIR was lodged in Varanasi after a group of seers alleged that the skit hurt religious sentiments.

As per police, the case has been registered under multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including promoting enmity between groups, deliberate acts intended to outrage religious feelings, and offences committed with common intention.

Parliament monsoon session LIVE: With both houses adjourned minutes after proceedings resumed, the Opposition has continued its protest. Visuals of several MPs surfaced on social media holding a banner questioning home minister Amit Shah's absence from the Parliament.

The Opposition has sought answers from the home minister regarding the security crackdown on protestors during the Cockroach Janta Party's Chalo Sansad march on July 20.

Furthermore, opposition MPs have also sought for a discussion on the Ayodhya Ram Temple donation theft case.