Parliament Budget Session 2026 Highlights: Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri says ‘no shortage’, have enough supplies of fuel

This proposal should be dismissed with a majority, and the Lok Sabha should function under Birla ji’s Speakership, Shah said, ending his speech.

Referring to Gaurav Gogoi’s charge that the government was not ready to discuss the China issue, Shah said that China captured Aksai Chin in Nehru’s time, and Nehru said that not a blade of grass grows there.

Shah said that Gandhi did not take part in most debates on the motion of thanks to the President’s address, discussion on the budget, and Bills. He did not take part in discussions on the most important Bills, he added.

“He does not want to speak,” Shah asserted.

Taking a dig at Gandhi’s past challenge that his press conference be discussed – during Shah’s speech in the past – Shah said that the Speaker did a service to the House by cutting him short, as never had a leader’s press conference been discussed by the House, which discusses what is decided beforehand.

He asserted that if we compare the seats of the Congress and the BJP in the 17th Lok Sabha, the Congress got six times the number of hours to speak vis-a-vis the BJP.

Even in the 18th Lok Sabha, they got double the time, he said. As for the Leader of the Opposition, he said, he had to decide how much to use his party’s time to speak, but he is in Germany or England when there is time to speak.

Shah said that no Speaker apart from Birla had allowed members to raise questions at midnight.

Shah pointed that 80-% of the opposition speeches were not against the Speaker but against the government, though there are several Rules under which one can criticise the government. He said that while the opposition says there is no Deputy Speaker now, in 1954 and 1966, when no-confidence motions were brought, the Deputy Speaker was from the ruling party, the Congress.

HM Amit Shah said that the notice of KC Venugopal wrote 2025 instead of 2026 when he gave notice with 119 signatures. He then took it back and gave another, and in the next one, except Gaurav Gogoi’s signature, all other signatures were in xerox, Shah said, accusing the Congress of being non-serious and also not reading the Rules. He said that perhaps they initially wanted the notice to be rejected, but Birla gave them two chances to correct their notice.aid that the notice of KC Venugopal wrote 2025 instead of 2026 when he gave notice with 119 signatures. He then took it back and gave another, and in the next one, except Gaurav Gogoi’s signature, all other signatures were in xerox, Shah said, accusing the Congress of being non-serious and also not reading the Rules. He said that perhaps they initially wanted the notice to be rejected, but Birla gave them two chances to correct their notice.

“There is no Emergency that you should have special rights here,” Shah said.

He asserted that even the Supreme Court cannot judge the ruling of the Speaker, and this has been the rule so that he can function independently, Shah said, adding that maintaining the decorum of the House is part of the Speaker’s duty.

“If I discuss the impending end of Maoism in this debate, the Chair will ask me to sit down. Why do seniors like Shashi Tharoor and Balu ji teach them what to do?”, Shah asked.

Everyone can speak here, but the House isn’t a mela, Shah said, adding that everyone has to speak as per the Rules. When you break the Rules, it is the duty of the Speaker to stop you and also throw you out, Shah asserted.

He added that the Rules were not made by this government; that they have been continuing since the days of Nehru. Shah averred that while the government or Opposition may like or dislike the Speaker’s ruling, none can question his integrity.

Home Minister Amit Shah said the Speaker does not belong to a party; he belongs to all and protects their rights. So, no-confidence against the Speaker is not an ordinary thing, he added. Forty-two MPs took part in the debate over 13 hours, he underlined.

Sanjay Singh, senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) representing Delhi for AAP said in the Rajya Sabha that allotting mere 3.6% of the total 2026-27 Budget to rural development by the Union government shows what are their aspirations on the matter.

Singh also commented on GoI's Jal Jeevan Mission initiative and alleged that the funds invested for rural development were wasted in digging village roads under the scheme. "Tanks and pipelines under Jal Jeevan Mission get damaged", he added.

Singh, while comparing last and this Budget session's allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), also accused the union government of being obscure in its plan to run the scheme.