Parliament Monsoon Session: Lok Sabha adjourned till noon amid uproar by Oppn over Operation Sindoor
The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha convened at 11 AM today, after a break of over three and a half months for the Monsoon Session of Parliament. The proceedings began with paying tributes to the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack and the Air India AI-171 plane crash.
Soon after the tributes, Speaker Om Birla allowed the beginning of Question Hour in the Lok Sabha. The opposition members, however, began shouting slogans and protesting, demanding a debate on Operation Sindoor. Birla insisted that a debate over Operation Sindoor will take place after the Question Hour, but the protests continued.
"The government wants to answer on every issue. The House should function. You have not come here to raise slogans. The House functions as per the rules and regulations. All the issues raised according to the rules will be discussed," Birla told the protesting members.
All the issues raised according to the rules will be discussed.
As the uproar continued, Birla adjourned the session till noon.
The opposition INDIA bloc has insisted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should speak in the Parliament on Operation Sindoor and US President Donald Trump's repeated claims that he brokered peace between India and Pakistan. They have also demanded a discussion on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar.
This is the first session of Parliament being held after Operation Sindoor, India's precision strikes on terror camps in Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 people, mostly tourists, in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22.
The session will run until August 21. Both the Houses will, however, be adjourned on August 12, 2025, to reassemble on August 18, 2025, to facilitate Independence Day Celebrations. The Session will have a total of 21 sittings.
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