Published Aug 11, 2026 | 5:07 PM ⚊ Updated Aug 11, 2026 | 5:07 PM
Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju.
Synopsis: The Lok Sabha passed the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026 and the National Co-operative Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2026 without debate on Tuesday, amid Opposition protests demanding accountability from Home Minister Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The passage of the two Bills took the total number of Bills cleared by Parliament during the Monsoon session to 11, of which only two have been debated, with one day remaining in the session.
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday, 11 August, passed the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026 and the National Co-operative Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2026 without discussion, as Opposition MPs continued to demand that Home Minister Amit Shah answer in Parliament on the use of pellet guns against protesting students in Delhi and an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It has also demanded a parliamentary discussion on allegations of theft involving donations and valuables associated with the Ram Temple trust in Ayodhya.
The day saw repeated disruptions in both Houses of Parliament. Lok Sabha was adjourned until 2 pm within six minutes of its meeting in the morning. The Rajya Sabha was adjourned until noon, 12 minutes after the sitting began.
The two Bills were passed within 26 minutes of the House resuming at 2 pm amid slogans against Shah and Modi. The House was then adjourned for the day, leaving just one working day in the Monsoon session. Their passage brings the total number of Bills cleared by Parliament during the ongoing Monsoon session to 11. Of them, only two have seen debate.
The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, passed by the Lok Sabha on 29 July, received the longest debate among the legislation cleared by both Houses: 10 hours and 55 minutes in the Lok Sabha and six hours and 39 minutes in the Rajya Sabha.
Several other Bills received only minutes of discussion in the Lok Sabha. The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill received four minutes; the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, four minutes; the MSME Development (Amendment) Bill, three minutes; the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, three minutes; the Bankers’ Books Evidence Bill, five minutes; and the Tribunals Reforms Bill, 12 minutes.
The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill received 14 minutes of discussion in the Lok Sabha. The Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill and the NCDC amendment passed on Tuesday were not discussed before passage.
BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi, at a press conference at the party headquarters, accused Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi of holding Parliament hostage with his “whims and unruly behaviour”.
The Congress has been demanding that both Modi and Shah appear before Parliament and answer questions over the police action against students and the allegations concerning donations to the Ram Temple.
On Monday, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi demanded Shah’s resignation, while the Congress sought an apology from Modi. Congress MPs also protested outside Parliament on Tuesday.
Virudhunagar Congress MP Manickam Tagore moved an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha seeking a response from Shah on the alleged police action against students.
“We are very clear that after July 20, the assault on the students and the way they were beaten up in the attack carried out by the Delhi Police was inhuman. From that day itself, we wanted the Home Minister, Amit Shah, to come to Parliament and make a statement; we wanted both the Prime Minister and Amit Shah to apologise for the attack on the students,” Tagore told ANI.
“Furthermore, the donation theft is a very important issue…we want that to be discussed as well…with only the 2 days left, the government is now willing to discuss the attack on students, but they cannot attach preconditions…the government has bulldozed many bills in Parliament, turning it into just a rubber stamp, but this style of bulldozing politics is not going to be accepted by the people of India.”
AICC spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Pawan Khera accused the Centre of refusing to answer the Opposition’s questions.
“The questions that are in the heart of the nation are being raised in the House through the opposition, but the ruling party members are shying away from answering them. Prime Minister Modi formed the Ram Temple Trust and filled it with his favorite people. In such a situation, if ‘donation theft’ happens, questions will be asked of the Prime Minister. But the Modi government is trying to divert the country’s attention using its toolkit. But let them understand that the expiry date of both their toolkit and the government has run out,” he said.
“Rahul Gandhi ji is continuously talking to students, our delegation is also meeting with students. Goons of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha were infiltrated into Jharkhand from neighboring states, so that a non-violent movement could be turned violent. Minister Deepika ji in the Jharkhand government is meeting with students and youth, but has even one minister of the Modi government gone to Jantar Mantar to meet the students? Forget Jantar Mantar, the Prime Minister and the Home Minister do not want to come to the House, because all their misdeeds have already come to light.”
(Edited by Dese Gowda)
