The Monsoon Session of Parliament has been disrupted and adjourned repeatedly, even as important bills await tabling and debate
For the last three days, the 2025 Monsoon Session has seen frequent disruptions and adjournment. Despite the Session’s legislative importance, valuable time is being lost in protests sloganeering and what has increasingly become a shouting match. This is a sorry state of affairs. Any Session of Parliament is vital, with crucial bills that help shape national life. However, instead of being a space for reasoned debate, it is now often reduced to a platform for ruckus.
This is not to suggest that the Opposition alone bears responsibility for the deadlock. The Government must also share the blame — particularly in denying the Opposition sufficient space to raise issues of pressing national concern. The Session, which began on July 21, was meant for legislative activity. Yet, in the past three days, both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have been adjourned almost immediately.
Opposition members, demanding a discussion on Operation Sindoor, have risen in protest. What has followed is a sadly familiar pattern: chaos, sloganeering and uncivilised behaviour. Practically no meaningful business has been conducted. Instead of fostering national dialogue and consensus, Parliament has become an arena of disruption and accusations. The Opposition, led by the Congress, has firmly demanded a debate on Operation Sindoor, calling it a matter of urgent public concern.
But that is only one of many flashpoints. The Congress has indicated it will press for accountability on the Pahalgam terror attack, alleged irregularities in the Bihar Special Intensive Revision of voter lists and the Air India crash in Ahmedabad, which killed 274 people. These are indeed pressing issues. The nation has the right to know. Were the Government to allow space for discussion, the scale of disruption might be greatly reduced.
Instead, the ruling party appears reluctant to entertain these demands. It has chosen to push forward with its legislative agenda, deepening the rift between treasury and opposition benches. Several days have been lost to procedural deadlock. Voices that ought to be heard are being drowned in disruption.
Important legislative work is now on the sidelines. This is no trivial matter. The Government has several key bills lined up for this Session. Chief among them is the new Income-Tax Bill, which aims to simplify and replace the 1961 Act.
Other proposed laws carry serious implications for India’s economic and institutional frameworks. Yet, repeated stalling has left them suspended in legislative limbo. Indeed, disruption comes at a tangible cost. Every wasted hour in Parliament is not just unproductive — estimated at Rs 2.5 crore per day — but also corrosive to public trust. When laws go undebated, reforms are delayed. The Monsoon Session was meant to clear the skies. Instead, it has only darkened the clouds further.
