Overview

• The All India Speakers’ Conference opened at the Delhi Assembly with Amit Shah inaugurating the event, releasing a commemorative stamp for Vitthalbhai Patel and opening an exhibition on the legislature’s history.
• Shah said using protests to halt proceedings day after day is not true debate and weakens Parliament’s role in nation-building after a Monsoon Session marked by repeated adjournments.
• The Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill would remove the Prime Minister, chief ministers or ministers if they remain in detention for 30 consecutive days for offences carrying over five years’ imprisonment, and it has been sent to a Joint Parliamentary Committee.
• In a Monday interview, Shah questioned whether leaders should run governments from jail and urged the Opposition to explain its resistance to the bill, rejecting claims of political vendetta.
• Organisers said 29 Speakers and 17 Deputy Speakers are attending the two-day meet, which includes sessions on AI’s role in transparency and discussions on India’s parliamentary traditions.