As Parliament's Monsoon Session continues, the government is set to introduce four Bills in the Lok Sabha today.
Speaker Om Birla, who usually presides over the Question Hour, did not chair the House on Monday morning.
Sources said Birla is engaged in back channel parleys with various parties to ensure smooth functioning of the House in the remaining period of the Monsoon Session which is slated to end on August 13.
Lok Sabha proceedings have witnessed repeated disruptions all throughout the Monsoon Session with six out of eight bills being passed by the House without a debate. Monday was the 16th day when the House could not complete the Question Hour, which is held between 11 am and 12 noon.
Four bills have been listed in the Lok Sabha agenda -- The Tribunal Reforms Bill, 2026, the Minerals and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, The Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026 and The National Co-operative Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2026 -- on Monday.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday asserted that the deadlock between the opposition and the government in Parliament will continue till Union Home Minister Amit Shah makes a statement over alleged police excesses on students.
With only four days of the Monsoon session remaining, the fate of major bills on women's reservation, delimitation and the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) remains uncertain amid the ongoing logjam in Parliament.
None of these bills figured in the list of business for the Lok Sabha for Monday.
"I think the deadlock in Parliament will continue till the Union Home Minister gives a statement," Priyanka Gandhi told reporters in the Parliament House complex.
While a few opposition parties have shown signs of mellowing their stand on the women's quota and delimitation bills after the government's outreach, the Congress and most of its allies have vowed to oppose any move to bring in these and the FCRA Amendment Bill.
The Constitution Amendment Bill that proposes 33 per cent reservation for women in 2029 and a redrawing of Lok Sabha constituencies to expand the House was defeated in April due to failure to secure a two-thirds majority.
With protests from the opposition, the Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 p.m.
Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 p.m. amid noisy protest by the Opposition, which is seeking a response from the government on police action on protesting students and alleged theft of Ram temple donations.
Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Monday introduced the Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026.
The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 was also introduced in the House by Union Minister G Kishan Reddy.
Opposition MPs, including Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, protested in Parliament House complex on Monday over the alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya and the “police excesses” against student protesters.
They demanded that Home Minister Amit Shah must come to Parliament and make a statement on the alleged police excesses during the July 20 student protest over the paper leak issue.
Carrying placards against the government, the MPs protested in front of the Makar Dwar of Parliament with slogans such as ‘chhanda chor, gaddi chor’, ‘Amit Shah jawaab do’ and ‘chanda chor kahan milenge, BJP ke daftar mein’.
The MPs also kept a donation box at the spot to symbolise the alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple and lined up around them to raise slogans against the government.
The Opposition MPs, mostly from the Congress and the Samajwadi Party, lined up behind a big banner that read ‘Amit Shah jawaab do”, and raised slogans against the Home Minister.
The INDIA bloc has vowed to corner the government on issues of alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple and the use of “brutal force” against students during their protests last week.
Lok Sabha proceedings resume amid protests
Amid Opposition protests seeking a discussion on various issues, Rajya Sabha Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan adjourned the House till 12 pm.
Amid Opposition protests over police action against protesting students and alleged theft of Ram temple donations, Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon by N.K. Premachandran, who was presiding over the House.