Parliament: Both houses adjourned till Friday; Nadda says Congress didn't give due respect to Vande Mataram

Both Houses of Parliament — the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha — were adjourned for the day.

Congress MP Tariq Anwar on Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement said, "His statement has no facts and the LoP raised several questions to which he had no answers, hence the opposition had to walk out."

Parliament winter session LIVE: While addressing the house on the Vande Mataram debate, BJP President JP Nadda said, "Govt does not want to tarnish image of former PM Jawaharlal Nehru through discussion on Vande Mataram." 

Parliament winter session LIVE: BJP national president JP Nadda said that Vande Mataram was never given the honour and place it rightfully deserved, adding that the leaders in power at that time were responsible for this disregard. 

Parliaement winter session LIVE: "When crisis happens, the leader is responsible, for Congress, that leader was Nehru," said JP Nadda. 

Parliament winter session LIVE: Vande Mataram inspired and offered energy during the Independence struggle, says JP Nadda in Rajya Sabha 

Parliament winter session LIVE: BJP President JP Nadda is addressing the Rajya Sabha on the ongoing ‘Vande Mataram’ debate. 

Parliament winter session LIVE: TMC MP Dola Sen on Anurag Thakur’s ‘TMC MPs smoking inside House’ claim, says, "Leaders lying inside Parliament is unfortunate. He’s not a ‘Guru‑Thakur’ that just because he says something we’ll accept it."

Parliament winter session LIVE: Referring to Union HM Amit Shah’s speech, Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi says, “He used foul language, his hands were shaking. Mentally, he is under pressure, and it was seen in Parliament. Whatever I had asked, he gave no replies and provided no proof. I challenged him openly to discuss over my press conferences, but nothing happened. Everyone now understands the reality.”

Parliament winter session LIVE: BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Thursday alleged that a Trinamool Congress member had been using an e-cigarette inside the Lok Sabha, prompting Speaker Om Birla to promise appropriate action. During Question Hour, Thakur raised the issue while posing a supplementary question, asking whether e-cigarettes were permitted in the House. When the Speaker said they were not, Thakur claimed that a TMC MP had been “regularly smoking an e-cigarette in the House for several days.”

Parliament winter session LIVE: On Union Home Minister Amit Shah's speech, BJP MP Damodar Agarwal says, "The Prime Minister's praise was indeed truly deserved. I was also in the House yesterday. The way he (Amit Shah) exposed the Congress party's dark deeds, how the Congress tyrannised democracy and stole votes time and again, he laid out all those historical facts in the House... In Atal Ji's time, keeping in mind the sanctity of democracy, we had accepted the fall of our government by just one vote... When the opposition cannot listen to these facts, it starts shouting—that is their weakness..."

Parliament winter session LIVE: At 12 PM, BJP President JP Nadda is set to address the Rajya Sabha on the ongoing ‘Vande Mataram’ debate. Following this, the Upper House will begin discussions on the SIR issue from 1 PM onwards, marking a politically charged afternoon in Parliament.

Parliament Winter Session LIVE: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri speaking in Lok Sabha on E10 and E20 petroleum .

Parliament winter session LIVE: Question hour is underway in Lok Sabha. Minister of Road and Transport Nitin Gadkari is speaking. 

Parliament winter session LIVE: Lok Sabha reconvenes after Wednesday's stormy session 

Parliament winter session LIVE: On Union Home Minister Amit Shah's speech in the Lok Sabha yesterday, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari says, "Instead of addressing the main issues, Amit Shah was digressing far away and talking about the Congress organisation; whatever he was mentioning had no connection to SIR at all. This shows that instead of giving precise answers, he was displaying hollowness. Yesterday, I was very disappointed with Amit Shah..."

Parliament winter session LIVE: An uproar erupted in the Lok Sabha after Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi targeted the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) during the debate on the SIR of electoral rolls, triggering loud protests from Treasury Bench members. Gandhi's remarks led to repeated interruptions and sloganeering, forcing the Speaker to intervene multiple times in an attempt to restore order in the House. The ruling side strongly objected to the references made during the discussion, while Opposition members backed Gandhi's criticism.

Parliament winter session LIVE: On Wednesday, the Opposition parties walked out of the Lok Sabha in protest against Home Minister Amit Shah’s speech during the ongoing debate. The move came after Shah strongly hit out at the Congress over alleged “vote chori.”