Both Houses adjourned amid ruckus

The government has indicated to the Opposition that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, defence minister Rajnath Singh and Union home minister Amit Shah will remain present during the Pahalgam and Operation Sindoor discussion, which has been allotted 16 hours in the Lok Sabha, people aware of discussions said on Monday after a string of disruptions marred the opening day of the monsoon session.

- Saubhadra Chatterji and Zia Haq

The government wants to start the debate next week after Modi returns from the UK and Maldives, but the Congress-led Opposition has already launched protests in both Houses for an early debate.

‘At the Business Advisory Committee meeting chaired by Speaker Om Birla, the government is learnt to have told the Opposition that the PM, Singh and Shah wants to be present during the Pahalgam and Operation Sindoor debate and therefore the much-anticipated discussion may start next week, said the people cited above.