Spokespersons:Shri Jairam Ramesh and Shri Gourav Gogai: At the conclusion of the Monsoon Session, Congress General Secretary in-charge of communications Shri Jairam Ramesh and Congress deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Shri Gaurav Gogoi said that it was for the second time that the Monsoon Session was washed away. Last time it was eleven years ago in 2015 over the Vyapam Scam and now it was because of the NEET scam.

The Congress today said that the only reason for the Monsoon Session of Parliament getting washed out was the deliberate abstention by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah from the House.

Speaking on the occasion, Shri Jairam Ramesh said that although the session was a complete washout, the Congress Party and the Opposition was happy for five major achievements as the combined pressure forced the government to postpone the introduction of certain bills in the House.

Second achievement, he added, was that the government also could not bring the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adishthan Bill, that would over-centralise all universities across the country.

The third major achievement, Jairam Ramesh said, was the government not bringing in the 130th amendment to the Constitution that will automatically lead to the dismissal of the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers and Ministers in case of them getting jailed for more than two months.

Fourth achievement, Shri Jairam said, was referring the FCRA Amendment bill to the JPC. He said that the Congress wanted the Bill to be completely withdrawn. Shri Jairam said, the fifth achievement was the government’s inability to bring in the Delimitation Bill. He said that despite the desperate attempts by the government to manage a tainted two-third majority by breaking parties like the TMC and Shiv Sena (UBT), it could not reach the 2/3rd majority figure and it never will.

The Congress General Secretary, however, added that there were two bills of concern passed without discussion, which is against the Constitution and will weaken the power of the states. He said these include the Mines and Minerals Bill and the National Cooperative Development Corporation Bill, which are bills of dangerous centralisation and will certainly be challenged in the Supreme Court by some of the states.

The Congress Deputy Leader Shri Gaurav Gogoi said that the Congress had already notified the government before the beginning of the session that it wanted debate on NEET examination, Ayodhya Ram Temple donation theft, ethanol mixing in petrol, corruption charges against some BJP Chief Ministers, and threat to our land from China. But, he added, the government ensured that the session was washed out as it was scared and afraid of debate and discussion on all these important issues. Thursday, August 13, 2026