NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the delay in proroguing the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which ended in August, describing the situation as “unprecedented”.Urging PM Modi not to “bulldoze” another “far-reaching” Constitutional Amendment Bill, Kharge reiterated his demand for an all-party meeting to discuss the government’s proposals in detail before they are finalised for consideration in Parliament.“It has already been 64 days since the Monsoon Session of Parliament was adjourned sine die on August 13 and both Houses of Parliament are yet to be prorogued. This scenario is unprecedented,” Kharge said in his letter, which Congress MP Jairam Ramesh shared on X.The Rajya Sabha leader of opposition recalled writing to the prime minister on April 11, seeking an all-party meeting before the government introduced the Constitutional Amendment Bill on Delimitation, which subsequently failed to pass in the Lok Sabha.“You may kindly recall that I had written to you on April 11 to convene an all-party meeting before bringing any Constitutional Amendment Bill on Delimitation. You did not do so. Thereafter, you made the bills public on the late evening of April 14 and convened a special session on April 16. The Constitutional Amendment Bill on Delimitation failed to muster the necessary two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha on April 17 by a decisive margin,” Kharge said.
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“Thereafter, on July 16 and August 27, I wrote to you again, reiterating our request for an all-party meeting. I am now making this request for the fourth time. All political parties must be given sufficient time to deliberate among themselves, with each other and with all other stakeholders. Please do not once again try to bulldoze a far-reaching Constitutional Amendment Bill through Parliament, as you attempted earlier, only for it to meet its well-deserved fate,” he added.The Monsoon Session of Parliament began on July 20 and concluded as scheduled on August 13. However, proceedings were repeatedly disrupted over issues including the alleged theft of offerings at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, the NEET paper leak and allegations of police excesses against NEET protesters in Delhi.
