Centre vs Congress Over 'Secrecy' On Special Parliament Session Agenda

In a post on X, Jairam Ramesh gave instances of special sessions and meetings in both houses where the agenda was known or discussed.

The Centre's letter to Sonia Gandhi, claiming it was not traditional to inform the Opposition about the agenda of a special session or discuss it, was roundly criticised by Congress's Jairam Ramesh, who almost gave a power-point presentation on the number of times this has happened. कितना गुमराह करेंगे जोशी-जी?प्रत्येक विशेष सत्र/बैठक का एजेंडा पहले से ही पता होता था।यह सिर्फ़ मोदी सरकार ही है जो लगातार संसद का अपमान कर रही है और संसदीय परंपराओं को विकृत कर रही है।पिछली सरकारों ने — इसमें आपकी सरकार भी शामिल हैं — संविधान दिवस, भारत छोड़ो आंदोलन और ऐसे… https://t.co/BTlNBb5kpm

In a nine-point post on X, formerly Twitter, Mr Ramesh gave instances of special sessions and meetings in both houses where the agenda was known or discussed.

The post was a response of one from Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, in which he had accused Sonia Gandhi and the Congress of attempting to create an issue "out of nothing".