
Episode notes
While the union government sought to enter the monsoon session armed with a series of defections and a possible delimitation plan, the session ended with prime minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah sitting out the entire session without delivering any statement on the police action on protesters on July 20. The government was also not able to pass any of its contentious bills including delimitation, while the FCRA Bill, 2026 too was sent to a joint parliamentary committee (JPC).
While the opposition has claimed victory succeeding in putting the government on the backfoot, students' anger has risen in Jharkhand's Ranchi against irregularities in exams with protests continuing for over 20 days.
Meanwhile the union government has notified the questionnaire for the 2027 household census which includes a question on details o ...
