Lok Sabha adjourned sine die; Speaker Om Birla blames ‘planned disruptions’ for lower productivity

NEW DELHI: As Thursday marks the final day of the Parliament Monsoon Session 2025, the Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Thursday, while the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha were adjourned till 2 pm. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla concluded the proceedings and formally wrapped up the Monsoon Session.

In his address on the last day of the Session, the Lok Sabha Speaker expressed concern over the lack of decorum and traditions in the House and criticised the Opposition for “planned disruptions” and “sloganeering.” He emphasised the need for dignified discussions. Birla attributed the House’s limited productivity of 37 hours to “planned disruptions and ruckus,” which fell short of the targeted 120 hours of discussion.

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In his speech, the Speaker said, “This session commenced on July 21, 2025. In this session, 12 legislations were passed. On July 28 and 29, there was a special discussion on Operation Sindoor, which was concluded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s answers. On August 18, a special discussion was initiated on India’s achievements in space programs. In this session, 419 types of questions were included, but due to planned disruptions, only 55 questions could be answered. In the start of the session, we all had planned that there would be 120-hour discussion. A consensus was formed for this in the Business Advisory Committee (BAC), but due to ruckus and planned disruptions, our productivity was only 37 hours. People choose us as their representative to work on their problems, but from few days, I have been observing that discussions in the House are not in accordance with the decorum and traditions.”

Speaker Birla called out political parties to check on their behaviour, stating that the language of MPs, both inside and outside parliament, should be dignified.

“The sloganeering, planned disruptions that are being carried inside the House and in the Parliament premises is not our tradition. Especially, the language that has been used in this session, these are not in accordance with the decorum of the House. We should follow healthy traditions. Efforts should be made to have dignified discussions inside the House. But I am continuously seeing planned protest, sloganeering. I want to request you, we should try to avoid this and our language should be disciplined and dignified both inside the Parliament and outside the Parliament,” he added.

Reiterating his call to maintain dignity in the House, the Speaker said, “Agreement and disagreement is a natural process of democracy but our collective effort should be that we maintain the dignity, peace and decorum of the Parliament. I have given enough time and opportunity to every member, but the way you behave, the country is watching. I once again request all the members; we should try to implement traditions within our democratic institution… Further, I express my gratitude to the Prime Minister, the Council of Ministers, the Lok Sabha LoP, and opposition members.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari were in attendance during this session of the Lok Sabha. (ANI)