House in (dis)order: Early adjournments not limited to NDA government

Early adjournments not limited to NDA government

Trinamool Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Derek O’Brien on December 22, 2022, claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had cut short a Rajya Sabha (RS) session for the eighth consecutive time.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his team continue to mock Parliament. For the eighth time in a row, the BJP cuts short a Parliament session. They announce dates and then run away. The winter session (is) over a week ahead of time,” tweeted the MP from West Bengal.

Official records from the RS suggest the MP’s claim to be true.

However, the analysis also revealed that early adjournments