Parliament Monsoon Session LIVE: Congress, opposition walk out of Rajya Sabha over Amit Shah statement demand

Rajya Sabha returns the Finance appropriations bill to Lok Sabha.

On the Parliament deadlock, Samajwadi Party MP Rajiv Rai told news agency PTI, "This is exactly what the government wants. The government does not believe in democracy or in respecting Parliament. That is why the Prime Minister and the Home Minister do not come to the House. Even journalists must be hoping that the Prime Minister or the Home Minister says something so it can be reported. What are we asking for? The very issue on which they built their politics and came to power, if there has been theft and loot in the temple for years, why are they running away from a discussion on it? You ordered lathi charges and the use of pellet guns against our students, and their clothes were torn. We only want the government to make a statement explaining why it did so. What is wrong with that?"

BJP MP Ravi Kishan continues his Maun Vrat challenge, refusing to answer any questions in Parliament.

Congress, some opposition parties stage walkout in Rajya Sabha demanding Home Minister Amit Shah's statement on action against protesting students.

The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Taxation and other Laws (Amendment) Bill without a debate due to persistent sloganeering by the Opposition over various issues, including alleged theft of donation at the Ram temple in Ayodhya.

After the passage of the bill, through which the government also amended the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, the House was adjourned for the day.

On Jharkhand students' protest, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge told the media, "We are with the students, be it Jharkhand, Punjab, Delhi or anywhere else. We stand with the students and we will continue to fight for their issues."

Parliament Monsoon Session LIVE: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 3 pm.

Opposition sloganeering forced Lok Sabha to be adjourned for the day.

Parliament Monsoon Session LIVE: Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday demanded that Union Home Minister Amit Shah make a statement in the House on the police action against protesters during the July 20 demonstration at Jantar Mantar.

The Opposition has been pressing for a statement from the Home Minister over the police action during the protest.

Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Kharge criticised Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju over his earlier remarks, referred to former Union Minister Arun Jaitley's observations on parliamentary disruptions, and alleged that the government was trying to avoid a discussion on the issue.

Parliament Monsoon Session LIVE: Proceedings in the Rajya Sabha were adjourned till noon on Thursday after Opposition members disrupted the House by raising slogans over various issues.

Soon after the listed papers were tabled, Chairman C P Radhakrishnan took up Zero Hour proceedings. However, Congress members demanded that Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge be allowed to speak.

As the Chair called members to raise their Zero Hour submissions, Congress MPs and members from some other Opposition parties began sloganeering over various issues.

Parliament Monsoon Session LIVE: Rajya Sabha proceedings adjourned till noon amid slogan shouting by Opposition on various issues.

Parliament Monsoon Session LIVE: The Lok Sabha has passed six Bills so far during the ongoing Monsoon Session.

Of these, four have also been cleared by the Rajya Sabha: the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026; the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026; the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026; and the Supreme Court Judges (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026.

Parliament Monsoon Session LIVE: Proceedings in the Lok Sabha were adjourned till 2 pm on Thursday after Opposition members staged protests over the alleged police action against students.

Amid repeated disruptions, the Chair adjourned the House until the afternoon.

Parliament Monsoon Session LIVE: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday defended the Opposition's criticism over the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple, saying questioning the alleged theft of donations and valuables should not be construed as being "anti-Ram."

His remarks came after Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju accused the Opposition of being anti-Lord Ram for repeatedly raising the issue in Parliament.

Rejecting the charge, Raut said the Opposition was questioning the alleged theft, not Lord Ram. “There was theft in the Ram Temple. Is Lord Ram responsible for that? We raised our voice against the theft, and now we are being called anti-Ram.”

"What kind of Hindutva is this? Money was stolen, donation boxes were looted, even ornaments and Sita Mata's mangalsutra were reportedly stolen. We raised these issues, and now we are labelled anti-Ram. Meanwhile, those responsible for the theft are being projected as Ram devotees," he said.

Parliament Monsoon Session LIVE: Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Thursday submitted an adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha, seeking suspension of the day's business to discuss the police action during the July 20 protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.

Tagore also demanded a statement from Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the incident.

In the notice addressed to the Lok Sabha Secretary-General, the Congress MP said the matter was of "definite and urgent public importance" and warranted an immediate discussion in the House.