Govt agrees to 16-hr discussion on Pahalgam, Op Sindoor in LS

 

 

 

GOVERNMENT on Monday agreed to a 16-hour discussion on Operation Sindoor and Pahalgam terror attack in the Lok Sabha, and it is likely to be taken up next week, even as the Opposition insisted that it should start this week itself and Prime Minister Narendra Modi must reply. At the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee, sources said Government representatives noted that PM Modi is leaving on a foreign visit this week, and a debate when he is present in the House can be possible only next week. Opposition members protested that the Government’s agenda for this week did not mention their demand for a debate on the issue.

 

They said the Home Minister and the Defence Minister should also be present. Some Opposition members also called for a debate on the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar and the situation in Manipur. Earlier in the day, the Lok Sabha expressed its resolve for zero tolerance against terrorism and mourned the deaths of 26 people in the Pahalgam terror attack. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla also expressed grief over the deaths of 260 people in the June 12 Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad. “Twenty-six innocent persons were brutally killed in the terror attack at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22, 2025.

 

This act of terror was an attack on the consciousness of the nation and also the entire world,” Birla said as the Lok Sabha convened for the Monsoon Session. “This House expresses deep grief over the deaths in this attack and reiterates India’s resolve of zero tolerance against terrorism,” he said. Birla said 260 people, including 241 passengers and 19 others, died in the Air India crash. “Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani also died in this accident,” Birla said. “This House expresses its heartfelt sympathies to the families of the victims of this accident,” he added. 

 

THE Monsoon Session of Parliament started on a stormy note on Monday, as the Government and Opposition sparred over discussion on the Operation Sindoor, India’s military operation that decimated terror bases inside Pakistan’s territory. Both Houses of Parliament witnessed noisy scenes as the Opposition members demanded an urgent debate on Operation Sindoor, hoping to corner it over security lapse in Pahalgam terror attack while the Government making it clear that it was ready for a debate.

 

The Lok Sabha witnessed uproar minutes after the beginning of Monsoon Session, as the Opposition members raised slogans during the Question Hour and called for postponing other businesses of the Lower House for discussing the Pahalgam massacre, the horrific terror attack that led to the killing of 26 people. The pandemonium continued despite Speaker Om Birla’s intervention, following which the House was adjourned, barely 20 minutes after the beginning of the session. In Rajya Sabha, the LoPMallikarjun Kharge sought discussion on US President Donald Trump’s repeated claims of brokering peace between India and Pakistan.