Parliament Winter Session: The Centre on Sunday conducted an all-party meeting ahead of the winter session of the parliament beginning tomorrow. The session will be in place till Dec 19 and will have 15 sittings. The session is set to be stormy with the opposition prepared to bring up the issue of SIR, Delhi blasts, and air pollution among other things.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju convened a meeting of floor leaders of political parties in Parliament on Sunday to ensure floor coordination during the session. He said the Centre has informed the opposition to run the session with a calm mind.
Oppn vs Centre in Parliament
The opposition is, meanwhile, set to rake up the issue of revision of electoral rolls across 12 states and Union territories. The 6th Session of the 18th Lok Sabha and the 269th Session of the Rajya Sabha comes against the backdrop of the overwhelming victory of the BJP-led NDA in the Bihar Assembly elections.
“No one has said that they will not let the Parliament function. They have said that they will keep their issues moving forward. If they have said that they will not let the House function over one issue, it is unfortunate. We will appeal to everyone not to protest like last time. If they still do, we’ll see,” Rijiju said.
VIDEO | Delhi: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju says, "Not all opposition parties are preparing to stall Parliament over SIR; some are interested in running the House while raising issues. No political party during the meeting said that they’ll stall House proceedings if SIR isn’t… pic.twitter.com/YSSHMhcW3U
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) November 30, 2025
But Congress leader Jairam Ramesh believes the meet was all a “formality”.
Evoking the same sentiment, Congress leader Pramod Tiwari said the SIR was conducted across the entire state in a very short span of time, which is “impossible”.
“… Blasts have occurred in the capital. Prime Minister Modi’s foreign policies are completely lost. In addition, air pollution in Delhi and other states must be discussed in detail. We have a strategic meeting today at 6 pm, and the Business Advisory Committee meeting is happening at 4 pm. Let us see what is on the BJP’s agenda…” he said.
Bills on Agenda in Parliament
The Centre has listed a total of 14 Bills for the business of both houses in Parliament during the winter session. This includes legislation to open up the civil nuclear sector to private players. The crucial ‘The Atomic Energy Bill, 2025’ seeks to govern the use and regulation of atomic energy in India, the Higher Education Commission of India Bill and eight other draft legislations are also on the agenda.
The other bills include, the Higher Education Commission of India Bill which seeks to set up a Commission to facilitate universities and other higher educational institutes to become independent and self-governing institutions and to promote excellence through a robust and transparent system of accreditation and autonomy.
The National Highways (Amendment) Bill seeks to ensure faster and transparent land acquisition for national highways.
Another legislation is the Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which aims at tweaking the Companies Act, 2013 and LLP Act, 2008, to facilitate ease of doing business.
Delhi: Ahead of the parliament winter session, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi says, "Under the leadership of the Union Home Minister, it seems efforts are being made to undermine India’s democracy and the dignity of its parliamentary traditions. Winter Session is for only nineteen… pic.twitter.com/YDV3qd1emX
— IANS (@ians_india) November 30, 2025
The government has also proposed to introduce the Securities Markets Code Bill (SMC), 2025, which seeks to consolidate provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, Depositories Act, 1996, and Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956, into a rationalised single Securities Markets Code.
Two bills from the previous session are also listed for consideration and passing. The first supplementary Budget for the year is also on the agenda, according to the bulletin.
As for the Bill to empower the president to make regulations for the Union Territory of Chandigarh directly, the government has already said it has no such plan for this session.
Private Members’ Bills are set to be taken for consideration on December 5 and 19, and Private Members’ resolutions on December 12.
