Govt. pushing ‘dangerous’, ‘diabolical’ Bills, says Jairam

6 JULY 2026

Ahead of the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, the Congress exuded confidence that the united Opposition would once again be able to stall the Delimitation Bill, if the government were to bring it back, as well as the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025, which seeks the automatic dismissal of the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers and Ministers if they are arrested and detained for 30 consecutive days.
Calling the former “dangerous” and the latter “diabolical”, Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh, said the government does not have the numbers, despite the split in the Trinamool Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT).
On April 17, 2026 the united Opposition defeated the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, which sought to redistribute Lok Sabha seats on the basis of the 2011 Census to expedite the implementation of women’s reservation.
“If you go by what happened that day, there were 528 members in the Lok Sabha who voted on the Bill. To pass the Bill, the government needed a two-thirds majority, which put the number at 352. As opposed to 352, the government got 298. Now they claim they have 324, which means they are still significantly short,” Mr. Ramesh said.
Calling the recent split in the Trinamool and Shiv Sena (UBT) a serious setback for the Opposition, Mr. Ramesh said that all Opposition parties continued to be in touch.