Overview

• Both Houses adjourned sine die on August 21 after a month-long session in which the Lok Sabha logged about 37 hours of work against 120 planned and the Rajya Sabha sat for 41 hours 15 minutes, with more than 84 hours lost.
• Opposition parties pressed for a debate on the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision in Bihar, which the government declined to allow, citing the poll body’s constitutional autonomy.
• Despite disruptions, 14 government bills were introduced in the Lok Sabha and 12 passed, while the Rajya Sabha passed or returned 15 measures, including legislation on online gaming, taxation and sports governance.
• Home Minister Amit Shah’s three Constitution‑amendment bills to remove the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers and ministers detained for 30 consecutive days were referred to a joint parliamentary committee after uproar.
• Presiding officers and ministers decried “planned disruptions,” with reports of opposition MPs tearing bill copies and throwing papers at Shah; the joint committee is expected to report before the Winter Session.