Modi government ‘rattled’ by Opposition unity in Parliament, says Congress

He recalled that the Monsoon Session of 2015 had been washed out over the Vyapam scam. It was related to irregularities with the Madhya Pradesh government’s recruitment exams, and stated the latest session had again been disrupted over an issue concerning the youth. “After 11 years, again an issue related to the youth resulted in a washout,” he said. “So, nothing has changed in 11 years. There were laws made and now reels are being produced, but nothing has changed.”

Mr. Ramesh listed five major successes for the Congress and the Opposition. The first, he said, was preventing the administration from bringing the Constitution amendment Bill to facilitate the delimitation exercise. “They (the government) don’t have a two-thirds majority and will never get it,” he said. A two-thirds majority is required to pass constitutional amendments.

The second, he said, was the deferment of the ‘One Nation, One Election’ legislation to the Winter Session after the Opposition raised a number of questions and the Joint Parliamentary Committee report was not brought before the House.

As the committee examining it could not submit its report, Mr, the third was the failure to bring the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025. Ramesh said.

Though the Congress wanted the legislation withdrawn, the fourth was the referral of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill to a joint committee. As the report on the measure was not ready, the fifth success, he said, was the failure to bring the Constitution amendment Bill that proposed automatic removal of a Prime Minister or Chief Minister if arrested and detained for 30 consecutive days.

Mr. Ramesh cited the passage of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 and the National Co-operative Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2026 without debate as negatives for the Opposition. “But eventually somebody will go to court because these are brazenly anti-Constitutional,” he said.

The Congress communications chief said Opposition leaders belonging to the INDIA bloc met every day in the chambers of Mallikarjun Kharge, the Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, chamber and “walked together on the path we collectively decided”.

Mr. Gogoi also maintained that the government was on the back foot while the Opposition remained united. “We have seen many sessions, but have never seen the government so scared and rattled as it was this time,” he said.