Monsoon Session kept on ‘ventilator’; Home Minister ‘scrambling’ for majority to get delimitation bill passed: Congress

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh. File. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Congress on Monday (September 7, 2026) questioned the delay in proroguing Parliament's Monsoon Session, wondering if the Home Minister is still scrambling for his "super-tainted" two-thirds majority to get the delimitation bills passed."Today is exactly 25 days since Parliament was adjourned sine die. But it has still NOT been prorogued," Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X."Normally, prorogation takes place 3-4 days after adjournment sine die. But the gap for the Monsoon Session in 2015 was 28 days. That session had been washed out almost entirely over the Lalit Modi issue, but the Modi Government kept the session alive hoping to bulldoze the GST Bills through. It needed a two-thirds majority in the Rajya Sabha which it did not have.”"As it turned out the Modi Government was forced to consult more meaningfully with the Opposition and pass the Bills much later," he said.Mr. Ramesh said, "The 2026 Monsoon Session has been kept on ventilator because the Home Minister is still scrambling around for his super-tainted two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha to get the Delimitation Bills passed. How much longer before he accepts the reality that his politics of threats and intimidation has reached its limit?""How much longer before he accepts the reality that his politics of threats and intimidation have reached their limit?" the Congress leader said.The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned sine die on August 13.During the Budget Session on April 17, the Modi government faced a setback as the Constitution Amendment Bill, involving delimitation, for the implementation of the women's reservation in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies was defeated in the Lower House.Of the 528 MPs who voted in Lok Sabha, 298 voted in support, while 230 opposed it. The Bill required 352 votes for a two-thirds majority. Published - September 07, 2026 03:52 pm IST