Session ends amid disruptions; Dhankhar resigns; INDIA nominates Reddy

The Monsoon Session of Parliament ended amid persistent disruptions and a lean pace of work, with both houses adjourned sine die after 21 scheduled sittings. Lawmakers spent only a fraction of the time allotted for business, as protests over Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, discussions on Operation Sindoor, and growing demands to debate various governance and security matters repeatedly halted proceedings. The session also featured a surprise political development: the resignation of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, announced on the opening day, and the INDIA bloc’s nomination of former Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy as its vice presidential candidate.

Across the Houses, productivity remained well below targets. Final tallies showed the two chambers together functioning for roughly 41 hours in total, with the Lok Sabha recording about 37 hours of discussion time and the Rajya Sabha somewhat less. These figures marked the lowest level of functioning in the current Lok Sabha, underscoring how the session’s business was frequently overtaken by protests and procedural stand-offs. In parallel, the government pressed ahead with a busy legislative agenda,...