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Parliament Budget Session: LS adjourned for the day amid unabated protests
Feb-06-2026

Lok Sabha (LS) proceedings were adjourned for the day amid unabated protests by opposition members over various issues. It was the second consecutive day that the House was unable to take up discussion on the Union Budget presented on 1 February.

At the beginning of proceedings in the Lower House of Parliament at 11 am, the Opposition MPs entered the Well of the House, raising slogans and holding placards, prompting repeated appeals from Speaker Om Birla to restore order.

Birla censured MPs for sloganeering and displaying placards, pointing out that a total of 19 hours and 13 minutes of House time have already been lost during the Budget Session. He said Parliament was meant to function through debate and discussion, not sloganeering. He pointed out that members had been elected to raise issues in a constructive manner and warned that persistent disruptions amounted to disrespect for the House.

He also urged protesting members to allow proceedings to continue, noting that a question by Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi was listed for the day. As the protests continued unabated, the Speaker adjourned the House till 12 pm.

When the House reconvened at noon after an earlier adjournment, opposition members continued to shout slogans and hold placards criticising the government.

Krishna Kumar Tennetti, who was presiding over the LS proceedings, urged opposition to take their seats and put down placards. As opposition members refused to relent, he adjourned the House till Monday.

Opposition parties, led by the Congress has been protesting inside and outside the Parliament against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi not being allowed to quote an excerpt of an unpublished memoir of former Indian Army chief MM Naravane about the political decision-making during the 2020 border tensions between India and China. 


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