New Delhi : Pointing out at “unprecedented” delay of 64 days in proroguing the Monsoon Session of Parliament declared sine die on August 13, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to call an all-party meeting to discuss any new delimitation proposals.
Kharge also cautioned Modi in a letter against any attempts to bulldoze a “far-reaching” Constitutional Amendment Bill. The letter comes following the buzz in political circles that the government may call a special session to push Constitutional Amendment Bill on delimitation which it had lost last time.
The government wants to reintroduce the legislation but only after they are able to garner support of two-third majority in both the Houses, which is needed to get a constitutional amendment bill to pass, as per sources in the government.
“It has already been 64 days since the Monsoon Session of Parliament was adjourned sine die on August 13, 2026 and both Houses of Parliament are yet to be prorogued. This scenario is unprecedented,” Kharge wrote in his fourth letter on the issue to the PM.
Listing out procedural and constitutional concerns, the veteran leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha said he first wrote to the Modi on April 11 to convene an all-party meeting before bringing any Constitutional Amendment Bill on delimitation.
“You did not do so. Thereafter, you made the Bills public on the late evening of April 14, and convened a special session on April 16. The Constitutional Amendment Bill on delimitation failed to muster the necessary two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha on April 17 by a decisive margın,” Kharge mentioned in his written communique.
“Thereafter, on July 16 and August 27, I wrote to you again repeating our request for an all-party meeting. I am now doing so for a fourth time. Please convene an all-party meeting to have a detailed discussion on your new proposals before they are finalised for consideration in Parliament,” the Congress chief said.
According to him, political parties must be given sufficient time to deliberate among themselves with each other and with all the other stakeholders for an informed debate on the sensitive issue.
“Please do not once again try and bulldoze a far-reaching Constitutional Amendment Bill through Parliament as you attempted earlier and that met its well-deserved fate,” Kharge cautioned.
Seeking clarity, Kharge sought to know from the government the status of the Monsoon Session, which remains un-prorogued.
Referring to parliamentary business procedure, he stated that a session is suspended indefinitely without setting a day for reconvening when parliament adjourns sine die. The formal ending of a session, however, requires an official prorogation order by the President of India.
He flagged that keeping both Houses un-prorogued for over two months has fuelled speculation about a sudden reconvening or session extension, bypassing standard notice periods for lawmakers.
