New Delhi: The Winter Session of Parliament commenced Monday amid disruptions, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi setting the tone for the federal government’s combative stance by launching a pointy assault on the Opposition, saying the Home was a spot for “supply, not drama”.

His remarks, made throughout the customary tackle outdoors the Home forward of the session, drew sturdy objections from Opposition leaders throughout events, together with the Congress, Samajwadi Social gathering and Trinamool Congress (TMC).

In his remarks, Modi took a swipe on the Opposition, saying it both makes use of Parliament as a “warm-up area” earlier than elections or to “vent frustration” after electoral defeats. “We have to work with a way of accountability. Parliament just isn’t a spot for drama, it’s a place for supply,” he mentioned.

The feedback gave the Opposition, nonetheless smarting from a string of meeting ballot defeats, together with the latest one in Bihar, a possibility to momentarily put aside its variations and launch a concerted counterattack on the PM and the federal government.

The Opposition framed Modi’s remarks as an try to deflect calls for for a dialogue on the continuing Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls throughout 9 states and three Union Territories.

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Turbulence forward

Modi’s strategy indicated that the federal government was not eager on yielding to the Opposition’s strain on SIR, setting the stage for a turbulent session, scheduled to conclude on 19 December with necessary legislations on the agenda.

On the all-party assembly held Sunday, adopted by a gathering of the Enterprise Advisory Committee (BAC) to attract up the record of enterprise for the Home, the federal government didn’t make any dedication to the Opposition on SIR, whilst Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju prompt {that a} brief period dialogue on the difficulty may very well be on the cardboard below the broad formulation of electoral reforms.

Rajya Sabha Chief of Opposition and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge mentioned the BJP ought to “finish this drama of distraction’’ and interact in debate on points going through the general public.

“The fact is that the federal government has been repeatedly trampling parliamentary decorum for the previous 11 years, and the lengthy record of such situations is well-known. BLOs are repeatedly shedding their lives as a result of workload throughout SIR. The Opposition needs to prioritise points together with ‘vote theft’, and we are going to proceed to boost them in Parliament,” Kharge wrote on X.

शीतकालीन सत्र के पहले दिन प्रधानमंत्री @narendramodi जी ने संसद के समक्ष मुख्य मुद्दों की बात करने के बजाय फ़िर से “ड्रामेबाज़ी की डिलीवरी” की है !असलियत यह है कि संसदीय मर्यादा और संसदीय प्रणाली को पिछले 11 साल से सरकार ने लगातार कुचला है उसकी लंबी फेहरिस्त है ।🔸 पिछले…— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) December 1, 2025

Chatting with reporters outdoors Parliament, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra mentioned demanding a dialogue on points comparable to SIR and air air pollution shouldn’t be construed as drama.

“Allow us to focus on them. What’s Parliament for? Talking about and elevating points just isn’t drama. Drama just isn’t permitting democratic discussions on issues that concern the general public,” she mentioned. Lok Sabha Chief of Opposition Rahul Gandhi declined a touch upon the PM’s cost.

TMC nationwide common secretary Abhishek Banerjee, addressing the media in West Bengal, mentioned the Opposition was working throughout the authorized framework in elevating questions, and the federal government shouldn’t assume it’s past accountability just because it has received elections in a couple of states.

“We’re not towards SIR, however towards the way by which it’s being executed,” Banerjee mentioned.

Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh taunted the PM, accusing him of staying away from Parliament proceedings whereas “talking grandly to the nation’’ searching for constructive cooperation from the Opposition earlier than every session.

“If Parliament doesn’t perform easily, the fault lies totally with the PM and his cussed refusal to permit the Opposition to boost problems with pressing public significance. He all the time needs to have his method with out giving the Opposition a possibility to at the very least have its say,” Ramesh posted on X.

The PM by no means attends Parliament and undermines it. He by no means engages with the Opposition.But earlier than each session he’ll stand outdoors the Parliament constructing and communicate grandly to the nation asking for constructive cooperation from the Opposition to make sure the graceful…— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) December 1, 2025

Round 2.15 pm, the Lok Sabha was adjourned until Tuesday after repeated disruptions stalled proceedings. Amid the uproar, the Manipur Items and Companies Tax (Second Modification) Invoice, 2025, was handed to switch an ordinance.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman additionally launched the Central Excise (Modification) Invoice, 2025, which is able to substitute the GST compensation cess, and the Well being Safety and Nationwide Safety Cess Invoice, 2025 to levy cess on pan masala and gutkha merchandise.

(Edited by Shashank Kishan)

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