The Congress on Monday (November 9, 2026) attacked the Modi government over the Monsoon session remaining unprorogued for a record 88 days , alleging that this had been done to give time to Home Minister Amit Shah to somehow “manipulate a super-tainted two-thirds majority” in the Lok Sabha to get the “dangerous and destructive” delimitation bills passed.
However, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju wrote to Mr. “The 8th edition of the authoritative Practice and Procedure of Parliament popularly known as Kaul and Shakdher published in mid 2024 with a message from the PM himself. Page 192 says that the time-gap between the adjournment of the Lok Sabha sine die and its prorogation is generally two-four days. But in footnote #53 on the same page it states that the maximum gap has been 28 days and that related to the Monsoon Session in 2015,” Ramesh pointed out. Kharge on October 19, 2026 stating that the monsoon Session in 2008 had been kept unprorogued for a record 87 days, he said.
“And unlike in the past including in 2008, this record has been set to give time to the Union Home Minister to somehow manipulate a super-tainted two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha to get the dangerous and destructive Delimitation Bills passed,” Mr. Ramesh said.
The Opposition party also pointed out that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi four times in the past six months requesting that an all-party meeting on delimitation be convened to discuss all proposals transparently and in detail before introducing any legislation, but the Prime Minister has steadfastly refused to do so. “The Congress president has written to the Prime Minister four times in the past six months requesting that an all-party meeting on Delimitation be convened to discuss all proposals transparently and in detail before introducing any legislation. In a post on X, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh noted that today is 88 days since Parliament was adjourned sine die and has still not been prorogued. Parliament had remained unprorogued for 87 days in 2008, 76 days in 1987, 54 days in 1989, 49 days each in 2006 and 2013, and 41 days in 1963, according to records.
The PM has steadfastly refused to do so,” Ramesh said.
