Lok Sabha Adjourned After Heated Budget Session; Kamal Haasan Delivers Rajya Sabha Maiden Speech

Updated 2026-02-05 10:25:42+00:00 (8 articles)

Day Six of Budget Session Ends With Lok Sabha Adjournment On February 4, 2026 the lower house was suspended after a tumultuous debate, marking the sixth day of the budget session and reflecting escalating political tension; the Motion of Thanks to the President’s budget address received only cursory discussion and substantive legislative scrutiny was minimal[1].

Kamal Haasan Makes First Rajya Sabha Address Veteran actor‑turned‑politician Kamal Haasan entered the upper house and delivered his maiden speech, drawing nationwide attention to his new parliamentary role and underscoring the symbolic significance of his presence in the Rajya Sabha[1].

BJP and Congress Clash Over Rahul Gandhi’s Statements Members of the BJP and the Congress exchanged sharp barbs, each questioning the credibility of claims made by opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, illustrating the deep partisan divide that dominated the day’s proceedings[1].

Parliamentary Coverage Remains Sparse Amid Partisan Posturing Aside from the uproar, the session featured limited substantive debate, a pattern noted by observers as indicative of broader partisan posturing; The Hindu provided continuous live‑updates of the developments in both houses[1].

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The Hindu: Lok Sabha Adjourned Amid Uproar as Kamal Haasan Delivers Rajya Sabha Maiden Speech – Reports real‑time coverage of the February 4, 2026 Lok Sabha adjournment, Kamal Haasan’s inaugural Rajya Sabha speech, and the partisan exchanges between BJP and Congress, emphasizing the session’s limited legislative focus.
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Timeline

Dec 1, 2025 – The Parliament’s winter session opens, beginning a 19‑day sitting that will introduce ten new bills in the Lok Sabha and set the stage for major legislative changes, including the replacement of the two‑decade‑old MGNREGA programme (source [2]).

Dec 10, 2025 – The Rajya Sabha debates the 150th anniversary of “Vande Mataram,” with MPs such as Priyanka Chaturvedi urging accurate historical recording and Jairam Ramesh warning the commemoration could be used to discredit Nehru (source [8]).

Dec 11, 2025 – On Day 9 of the winter session, the Rajya Sabha takes up electoral‑reform proposals, focusing on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists and calling for greater transparency of the Election Commission (source [7]).

Dec 15, 2025 – The Rajya Sabha resumes its electoral‑reform debate; Digvijaya Singh claims “Amit Shah was never part of the RSS,” prompting a rebuttal from Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, while MPs discuss EVMs, party‑funding fairness, and the planned renaming of MGNREGA to “Pujya Bapu Gramin Rozgar Yojana” (source [6]).

Dec 16, 2025 – The Upper House approves and returns the Appropriation (No. 4) Bill 2025, passes the Repealing and Amending Bill that scrubs 71 obsolete statutes, and debates the VB‑G RAM G Bill’s shift from a demand‑driven to an allocation‑based rural‑employment scheme, raising concerns about impacts on women workers (source [5]).

Dec 17, 2025 – The Lok Sabha clears the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, while the Rajya Sabha ratifies the Sabka Bima Sabka Raksha amendment allowing 100 % FDI in insurance and returns Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code amendment bills on technical grounds (source [4]).

Dec 19, 2025 – The winter session concludes with eight bills passed by both houses—including the VB‑G RAM G Bill that replaces the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act—and two bills sent to a Standing Committee; Congress accuses the government of insulting Rabindranath Tagore at the opening and Mahatma Gandhi at the close, calling the session “pradushan kaleen” (sources [2], [3]).

Feb 4, 2026 – During Day 6 of the budget session, the Lok Sabha is adjourned after a heated exchange over Rahul Gandhi’s claims, while veteran actor‑turned‑MP Kamal Haasan delivers his maiden Rajya Sabha speech, highlighting his new parliamentary role amid rising partisan tension (source [1]).