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Saturday, February 21, 2026
TopicParliamentary disruptions

Topic: parliamentary disruptions

Opposition has the lost art of parliamentary etiquette & repartee. Remember Jaitley, Swaraj

Members of the present party in government were largely in the opposition post-Independence. Their conduct should be compared to that of today’s opposition.

Get over the idea that a Speaker is above party politics—Parliament to Maharashtra assembly

The suspension of 12 Maharashtra BJP MLAs in 2021 was as unjustified as the suspension of 141 opposition MPs now. The existence of the Speaker's power under the Lok Sabha rules does not guarantee the constitutionality of their exercise.

NDA’s LK Advani makes room for BJP’s JP Nadda in new Parliament building

Suspended opposition MPs who were sitting on a dharna in Parliament House decided to have chicken for dinner. Now their photos and videos are all over social media.

Disruption, suspension, unrelenting opposition—the farce that is Parliament’s monsoon session

Indian Parliament has witnessed bedlam many times in the past. But the current animosity between government and opposition MPs is new with no sign of interaction.

139 & counting — 170% increase in suspension of MPs under Modi govt compared to UPA

Lok Sabha has seen uptick in suspensions since 2014 and Rajya Sabha since Modi govt's 2nd term began in 2019, official data shows.

‘Snoopgate’, ‘corrupt’ unparliamentary but not banned, says LS speaker after opposition hits out

Speaker clarification comes after opposition furore over an updated list of words declared unparliamentary, which was released by the Lok Sabha Secretariat Wednesday.

Unprecedented, says Opposition as 12 MPs suspended for ‘misconduct’ in last Parliament session

The Opposition MPs, accused of ‘unruly and violent behaviour’ in the monsoon session, have been suspended for the duration of the winter session

Parliament saw more disruptions under UPA-2 when BJP was in opposition, data shows

Data shows Lok Sabha productivity fell from 93% in 2009 to 46% in 2013 before rising after 2014, when NDA came to power.

The new golden rule of Indian politics: Do unto them what they did unto you

Sixty eight per cent of the time of the previous Lok Sabha was lost to BJP-led disruptions. It is hardly surprising that UPA members...

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.