Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will open the Lok Sabha discussion on the national song’s 150th anniversary at 12 pm on December 8 with a total of 10 hours allocated and three hours set aside for the BJP.
- Home Minister Amit Shah is slated to initiate the Rajya Sabha discussion on December 9, with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh closing in the Lok Sabha and J. P. Nadda concluding in the Upper House.
- A separate debate on election reforms is scheduled across December 9–11 in both Houses, with sources indicating the scope will extend beyond the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
- The schedule was finalized after an all-party meeting and Business Advisory Committee sessions chaired by Speaker Om Birla, which aimed to resolve earlier adjournments in the Winter Session.
- Opposition parties diverged on the commemorative discussion, with the Congress objecting to the timing and the Trinamool Congress expressing support.