The final week of the Monsoon Session was as chaotic as its beginning. Opposition MPs continued protests over alleged ‘vote chori’ and Bihar’s special intensive revision until the last day. The session, which ran from July 21 to August 21, lasted 32 days with 18 sittings. Against the scheduled 120 hours of discussion in each House, disruptions allowed only 37 hours of effective business in the Lok Sabha and 41 hours and 15 minutes in the Rajya Sabha. Apart from two days of debate on “Operation Sindoor,” little substantive discussion took place.

On the last day, Home Minister Amit Shah introduced three key bills in the Lok Sabha. Opposition parties alleged these measures would give the centre greater powers through agencies such as the ED, CBI, and IT Department, making destabilising opposition-led governments easier without old-style defections or "horse-trading."

The biggest spectacle, however, was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rare appearance in Parliament after Operation Sindoor. His entry triggered an uproar: opposition benches burst into chants of “vote chor, gaddi chhod” (vote thief, vacate the chair), while ruling party MPs volleyed back with “Vande Mataram.” The scene summed up the entire Parliament session, where sloganeering often replaced debate.

Political maneuvering continued alongside legislative drama. Both the ruling NDA and the opposition INDIA bloc filed nominations for their respective Vice-Presidential candidates, raising the stakes for control of the Rajya Sabha’s top chair.

When the dust settled, the numbers spoke clearly: 32 days, 18 sittings, but barely one-third of the scheduled work completed. Critics say Parliament is increasingly becoming a theatre of noise rather than the forum of debate it was envisioned to be.

And so ended yet another stormy Monsoon Session – more headlines than policy, more theatre than deliberation.

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