Parliament Winter Session: The Lok Sabha  and Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day amid protest by opposition, minutes after the proceedings began on Monday. The session will now reconvene on Wednesday, November 27.

Presiding officer, Sandhya Ray adjourned the session in Lok Sabha till Wednesday soon after the lower house convened at 12 noon. The Congress and other opposition parties staged protests demanding a discussion on Manipur violence and bribery charges against the Adani Group.

Last week, Gautam Adani, one of the world’s richest men, and seven others were indicted for fraud by US prosecutors over their alleged roles in a $265 million scheme to bribe Indian government officials to secure power-supply deals. The Adani Group has denied all allegations, calling them “baseless”.

There will be no session on Tuesday, November 26 – the Constitution Day.

Rajya Sabha adjourned too

The proceedings in Rajya Sabha were also adjourned for the day amid ruckus over the Adani issue. The opposition MPs in the upper house demanded a discussion over the issue of bribery allegations against the Adani Group. The upper house will now meet again on Wednesday.

Earlier in the day, Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla adjourned the session for an hour after paying tributes to departed members of the House, including two MPs who won the parliamentary elections this year. The session reconvened at 12 only to be adjourned due to protests and sloganeering by the opposition members.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said in a post on X that as the Parliament session begins, the first step the government should take is to have a detailed discussion on the Adani saga which has the potential of tarnishing India’s image at the global stage.

We do not need monopolies and cartels to run this country.

“We do not need monopolies and cartels to run this country. We need healthy market driven competition in the private sector, which facilitates equal opportunities, employment and equitable distribution of wealth, catering to the inherent entrepreneurial spirit of India,” Kharge added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his customary address to the media before the start of the session, slammed the INDIA bloc for repeatedly disrupting parliamentary proceedings, ahead of the beginning of the winter session of the Parliament on Monday.

“Those rejected 80-90 times by people do not allow discussions in Parliament. They do not understand people’s aspirations. I hope new members from every party get chance in Winter Session of Parliament to share their ideas,” the Prime Minister said.

Prime MinisterNarendra Modi-led Union government has listed 16 bills, including theWaqf Act Amendment Bill, for the for the session which runs till December 20.

Five bills have been listed for introduction, consideration and passage, while 10 are for consideration and passage, according to the bulletin of theLok Sabha.

Parliament Winter Session: The Winter Session of Parliament is all set for a stormy start on Monday.

While the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union government has listed 16 bills in the session’s agenda, the Opposition INDIA bloc has demanded discussions on various issues, including bribery charges against the Adani Group and the fresh wave of violence in Manipur.

Modi government has listed 16 bills in this session of Parliament. This includes five bills for introduction, consideration and passage and 11 bills for for consideration and passage.

The most important legislation in the session will be the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024. The controversial Bill, introduced in the Monsoon session of Parliament, aims to curtail the powers of the Waqf board, among others. The introduction led to a ruckus in the house, and the Bill was then sent to a Joint Parliamentary CommitteeNational Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured victories in Haryana in October and Maharashtra last week. The INDIA bloc managed to secure victories in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand.

Ahead of the commencement of the Winter Session of Parliament on Monday, floor leaders of INDIA bloc parties will hold a meeting in Parliament House to decide the opposition strategy, sources said. The meeting will be held at 10 a.m. on November 25.

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge is expected to decide the strategy of the Opposition for the Parliamentary Session, they said.

The Congress and other opposition parties are expected to raise the Manipur issue and bribery charges against the Adani Group and corner the government in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

Last week,Gautam Adani, one of the world’s richest men, and seven others were indicted for fraud by US prosecutors over their alleged roles in a $265 million scheme to bribe Indian government officials to secure power-supply deals. The Adani GroupKiren Rijiju asserted that the union government is “ready to discuss any topic” while calling for a peaceful session of Parliament.

“The government is ready to discuss any topic. Our only request is that the House should run well and there should be no ruckus. Every member wants to participate in the discussion but the House should run well. To run the winter session well, everyone’s cooperation is needed and everyone’s participation is necessary,” Kiren Rijiju said after the all-party meeting in Delhi. The all-party meeting was attended by all floor leaders of political parties in both the houses of the Parliament.

The session which will run until December 20 will have 19 sittings. On November 26, Parliament will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution.