Overview
- On July 28, the first day of the Monsoon session, lawmakers observed a two-minute silence and paid tribute to 260 victims of the Air India crash in Ahmedabad and 26 who were killed in the Pahalgam terror attack.
- Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar censured the Pahalgam incident and condoled the deaths of veteran film figure Manoj Kumar and former Union minister Girija Vyas.
- Chief Minister Mohan Yadav condemned the Pahalgam strike as “dastardly” and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Operation Sindoor for dismantling terror networks in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
- Opposition leader Umang Singhar highlighted the legislature’s unanimous backing of Operation Sindoor during the tribute proceedings.
- Speaker Tomar adjourned the Assembly until Tuesday, July 29, with substantive legislative business now scheduled to resume ahead of the session’s August 8 conclusion.