Monsoon Session on ‘ventilator’ as Shah seeks two-thirds majority for Delimitation Bills: Congress

Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh,. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The Congress on Monday (September 7, 2026) alleged that Parliament’s Monsoon Session was being kept on “ventilator” as Union Home Minister Amit Shah continued to “scramble” for a two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha to push through the proposed Delimitation Bills.Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said it was unusual that the session had not yet been prorogued, 25 days after both Houses were adjourned sine die on August 13.“Normally, prorogation takes place 3-4 days after adjournment sine die,” Mr. Ramesh said in a post on X, drawing a parallel with the 2015 Monsoon Session, which remained open for 28 days after adjournment.Compared to 2015He said the 2015 session in Parliament had been largely disrupted by the Lalit Modi controversy, but the Narendra Modi government had then kept it alive in the hope of securing the numbers to pass the GST Bills, which required a two-thirds majority in the Rajya Sabha.“As it turned out, the Modi government was forced to consult more meaningfully with the Opposition and pass the Bills much later,” he said.“The 2026 Monsoon Session has been kept on ventilator because the Home Minister is still scrambling around for his ‘super-tainted’ two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha to get the Delimitation Bills passed,” Mr. Ramesh said, wondering how much longer before he accepts the reality that his politics of threats and intimidation has reached its limit.The government had suffered a setback during the Budget Session when a Constitution Amendment Bill linked to delimitation and implementation of women’s reservation was defeated in the Lok Sabha. Of the 528 MPs who voted, 298 supported it and 230 opposed it, short of the 352 votes required for a two-thirds majority. Published - September 07, 2026 05:05 pm IST