The Winter session of Parliament will be held from December 1 to 19, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju announced on Saturday.
President Droupadi Murmu has approved the proposal of the Government to convene the Winter Session of Parliament on those dates, Rijiju said.
“Looking forward to a constructive & meaningful Session that strengthens our democracy & serves the aspirations of the people,” he posted on X.
The three-week session will have 15 sittings in all and is expected to be stormy as it comes in the midst of the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 12 states and Union territories, an exercise against which several opposition parties have raised objections.
The Opposition is likely to try and corner the government on the alleged vote fraud issue in Haryana and Maharashtra.
Among the Bills likely to be taken up for consideration in the Parliament Winter Session are The Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025, The Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025, and The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025.
The 18th Lok Sabha is yet to elect a Deputy Speaker. The previous Lok Sabha, too, did not have a Deputy Speaker for its entire five-year term.
The last Parliament Session was held in the monsoon from July 21 to August 21. It had 21 sittings spreading over 32 days, during which 15 Bills were passed by the two Houses of Parliament.
The winter session usually begins in the third week of November and ends before Christmas. Last year, the Winter session began on November 25 and concluded on December 20.
Meanwhile, the opposition leaders criticised the government for the short session.
In a post on X, Congress General Secretary (communications) and the party’s chief whip in Rajya Sabha, Jairam Ramesh, said that it is “unusually delayed” and “truncated”.
“What is the message being conveyed? Clearly, the government has no business to transact, no bills to get passed, and no debate to be allowed,” Ramesh said.
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Trinamool Congress’s Rajya Sabha Parliamentary leader Derek O’ Brien termed it “Parliament-ophobia”. “PM Narendra Modi and team continue to suffer from the acute condition called Parliament-ophobia, a morbid fear of facing Parliament,” he said, adding further that it sets a dubious record.
