Rajya Sabha

Sukhendu Sekhar Ray‘s Zero Hour mention on the need for safeguarding freedom of expression in higher educational institutions

Saket Gokhale’s speech on The Finance Bill, 2026 and The Appropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2026

Derek O’Brien’s Zero Hour mention on the need to address digital addiction and its effects specially on the mental health of the youth

Derek O’Brien’s interventions to remind the Chair about the right of Members to speak on amendments, and protest against the absence of the Home Minister and the anti-federal nature of The Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026

Saket Gokhale’s supplementary question on the results of the testing of BIS-certified electronic goods at their port of entry, including non-compliance, in the last three years

Derek O’Brien asks what happened between 11 AM and 2 PM to compel the Home Ministry to not bring the CAPF Bill. Also wanted to know why the ministry is intent on bringing an undeclared emergency in Bengal instead of focussing on Parliament

Sagarika Ghose’s supplementary questions on exempting thermal power plants from installing sulphur dioxide-detecting equipment and reducing enforcement a pay-and-pollute mechanism

Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale’s speech on The Appropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2026

Saket Gokhale’s farewell speech on his retirement from Rajya Sabha

Derek O’Brien speaks on the retirement of Rajya Sabha members

Sukhendu Sekhar Ray’s Point of Order on demanding to know from the Rural Development Minister whether or not the Calcutta High Court and Supreme Court had directed the Union government to pay Bengal its dues on MGNREGA

Derek O’Brien’s intervention to protest against the ECI’s removal of the Chief Secretary and Home Secretary of Bengal in the dead of night, who then leads the party walkout out of the House

Dola Sen’s supplementary question on the reasons handloom and textile PSUs have been closed down in recent years

Derek O’Brien’s Zero Hour mention on the Modi government’s 420 effect – price of gas was 420 in 2014, now it’s 914, manufacturing and export growths have fallen. The BJP is all about slogans and the PM should stop being guided by irrelevant Donald Ducks

Sukhendu Sekhar Ray’s supplementary questions on whether the Union government will consider further excavations in Pandua and Devikhote and whether it will consider charging entry fees at some more protected sites

Sagarika Ghose’s Zero Hour mention on the Jagannath Temple in Digha in Bengal and on the state’s religious plurality

Md Nadimul Haque’s speech on the working of Rural Development

Sukhendu Sekhar Ray’s Supplementary Questions on the reasons for the Union government’s overdependence on China for APIs and whether this points towards a scarcity

Derek O’Brien’s Point of Order on the need for discussing SIR immediately in the House