Rajya Sabha Adjourned Again as Opposition Protests Over Vande Mataram Amendment Bill

New Delhi, July 27, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)

The Rajya Sabha was briefly adjourned until 3 p.m. on Monday after Opposition members continued their protests over The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, disrupting proceedings when the House reassembled at 2 p.m. following multiple earlier adjournments.

Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh took up the proposed legislation for consideration and permitted Congress member Pramod Tiwari to raise a point of order related to the Bill.

Tiwari began by stating that the issue was of national importance, asserting that the country came first and democracy remained intact. He sought to invoke Rule 258 of the Rules of Procedure but was interrupted by the Chair before completing his submission.

The Deputy Chairman then allowed CPI(M) member John Brittas to raise his point of order. Brittas referred to Rule 257, arguing that the House was not in order and therefore unable to proceed with legislative business.

Subsequently, DMK member Tiruchi Siva contended that the proposed legislation was ultra vires the Constitution. Responding to the objection, the Deputy Chairman said the matter had already been decided and that the House had accorded its approval to proceed with the Bill.

He then called upon Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai to move the motion for discussion on the legislation.

However, Opposition members continued raising slogans, preventing normal proceedings. The Deputy Chairman informed the protesting members that their conduct was in violation of Rules 235 and 238 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States.

With the disruptions continuing unabated, the Chair adjourned the House until 3 p.m.

The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, introduced in the Rajya Sabha on July 24, seeks to extend statutory protection to the national song, Vande Mataram, placing it on par with the national anthem, Jana Gana Mana, under the law.

The repeated adjournments marked another day of the Monsoon Session in which proceedings in the Upper House were disrupted by persistent Opposition protests, limiting legislative business.