"Doodh ka Doodh ... pani ka pani" :: Opposition has to decide whether they want a debate, says Amit Shah :::::: But Rahul has other plans - “If Amit Shah gave order to shoot children, then he should resign"

 "I have been coming to Parliament regularly since the session began; I sit in my chamber, but since the Opposition is not allowing Parliament to function in either House, what is one supposed to do?" said Home Minister Amit Shah.

He blamed the Opposition for preventing Parliament from functioning, saying there was little purpose in simply entering the building if proceedings were repeatedly disrupted.

In an effort to end the continued Parliament logjam, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday offered the Opposition a 24-hour window for a discussion, saying he was ready to answer all their questions and would remain present in the House from 3 pm on Wednesday until 3 pm on Thursday. 

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, however, dismissed the offer, saying the Opposition was not interested in what Shah had to say but wanted answers on who ordered the police action against the NEET student protesters.  

"Write a letter and submit it to the Speaker. We will discuss the matter from 3 pm today, and I am ready to discuss it until 3 pm tomorrow," the Union Minister said, adding that he was prepared to remain in Parliament and answer questions raised by the Opposition.  "House proceedings have to run according to rules", he said. 

A Kuki group says an 'agreement has been reached' with Tangkhul Nagas and Meitei groups ::::: Kuki group lifts blockade on one Manipur highway

The Kuki CSO Working Committee, Ukhrul (WCKCSOs-Ukhrul) has lifted its counter economic blockade and total shutdown along NH-202 after the State Govt assured it of an end to inter-district blockade. 

The decision came after a meeting between a state Govt delegation led by Maipur Home Minister Govindas Konthoujam and spokesperson Thokchom Radheshyam and representatives of the WCKCSOs-Ukhrul at Shangshang on Tuesday, Aug 11.

The WCKCSOs-Ukhrul said an agreement has been reached with Tangkhul and Meitei groups concerned to end the blockade along NH-202 against the Kuki-Zos, following which it decided to withdraw its counter mea- sures with effect from 4.30 pm Tuesday.

The organisation had imposed the economic blockade on July 27, escalating it into a total shutdown from August 5, in retaliation to inter-district blockades imposed in Naga areas.

Movement of trucks along National Highway 2 has remained suspended since May 17 after the United Naga Council imposed an economic blockade to protest the abduction of six Nagas by Kuki miscreants.

The latest development is seen as 'possible' after efforts by the Manipur government to ensure the free movement of vehicles and people on national highways.

 

The National Highway 202 is commonly known as the Imphal-Ukhrul road.

The state government delegation told the Kuki organisation that an agreement had been reached between Naga and Meitei groups to end the selective economic blockade against Kukis on National Highway 202.

A handwritten agreement was signed between the Kuki organisation and government delegates.

The BJP Govt in the state has assured the organisation that safety and security would be ensured along the National Highway 202 and that any blockade or disturbance by any group would be prevented.

“In view of this development and the government’s assurance of free and non-discriminatory movement of essential commodities, the WCKCSOS-Ukhrul hereby lifts the counter-economic blockade and total shutdown from 4:30 pm today,” the organisation said in a statement.

Manipur is expected to go to polls by March 2027 along with UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa. 

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It's not only about a snap ::: Giriraj Singh turns table on Rahul Gandhi --- Congress 'took necessary time' to react to the controversial snap .. which otherwise is so innocuous

Union Minister Giriraj Singh says, 

- "Rahul Gandhi's face has now become a double-faced one. I am saying this because either withdraw support from the Jharkhand government, remove Hemant Soren from the Chief Minister's post, or resign as the Leader of Opposition. 

This is what the students are demanding."  

The political difficulty for Rahul Gandhi stems from the fact that the Jharkhand government is headed by JMM leader Hemant Soren and includes Congress leaders as Ministers.

Congress is now in power in Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and shares power with alliance partners in Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand. 

Congress leaders get furious as Giriraj Singh asks --

"Who are they ?" over Rahul Gandhi's holiday pic.   

"Yeh tasveer kahan ki hae (Where did you get snapped)" - Giriraj Singh posed the question.

 

"Rahul ji, where was this picture taken, when was it taken, and who are the people with you in this picture? I am curious to know!" Singh tweeted. The Leader of the Opposition has frequently faced criticism from the BJP over his foreign visits. Rahul's three-week foreign trip in June-July also came under flak from the BJP. It is not known if the image shared by Giriraj Singh is from his latest jaunt.

The image shared by the Union Minister shows a relaxed Rahul Gandhi with a woman, wearing a headscarf and sunglasses, and a child in a boat. The child, in a blue long-sleeved swimming costume, is seated between Rahul and the woman.  

Calling the Union Minister a "lecherous" man, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said, "The people in the picture are the wife and child of Rahul's friend. They were on a family vacation together. The friend is not in the photo."

"You are a lecherous kind of man, who can only have vile thoughts upon seeing a woman and a man together... 

Don't let your own frustrations get the better of you," Shrinate tweeted.  

Avi Dandiya, social media in-charge of the Indian Overseas Congress (IOC), provided further details. "This photograph was taken at Lake Ray Roberts, Texas... Giriraj Singh, you can find out for yourself whether this is true or not," Dandiya said.

Former Youth Congress chief Srinivas BV shared a poignant message for the Union Minister. "Curiosity isn't a good thing in old age... consult a good doctor," he said.  

Previously, the BJP claimed that Rahul made "54 traceable foreign trips" to London, New York, Italy, Germany, Qatar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Maldives and Dubai. It also included, the BJP claimed, a "secret" visit to Oman.

The ruling party claimed there was a major mismatch between Rahul's declared income and expenditure on his foreign visits. The BJP alleged that the total estimated cost of these trips was around Rs 60 crore.

"Sworn declared income over 10 years? Mere Rs 11 crore... This is a massive funding scandal staring the nation," the BJP posted on X.

Referring to a 2025 CRPF communication, the BJP also alleged that several of Rahul's foreign visits were undertaken without mandatory security protocol disclosures.  

"Rahul Gandhi's foreign trip between June 22 and July 13 remains shrouded in mystery. Where did he go? Who did he meet? Who sponsored his travel and stay?" BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya tweeted in July.  

Rahul Gandhi's Jharkhand dilemma gives BJP ammunition to target Congress

The political difficulty for Gandhi stems from the fact that the Jharkhand government is headed by JMM leader Hemant Soren and includes the Congress as a coalition partner.  

The BJP has contrasted Gandhi’s high-profile intervention during student protests in Delhi, including the July 21 agitation outside the Prime Minister’s residence, with what it calls a far more restrained response to the protests in Ranchi, where the Congress is part of the ruling coalition.  

Rahul has made a mountain out of a mole  hill out of Delhi protest while alleging that Home Minister Amit Shah has ordered 'firing'. But he does not know how to convincingly handle the same questions about Jharkhand.  

BJP MP Anurag Thakur questioned whether Rahul Gandhi had asked the Jharkhand government to use force against protesting youth. Union Health Minister J P Nadda accused him of remaining a “mute spectator” to the Ranchi agitation.

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When Gen Z say they would vote for younger candidates if parties fielded them, I do not trust them :::::: Problems with Political parties ...BJP, Congress, Samajwadi and sinking ship Trinamool ... -- is POLITICAL PARTIES AND THEIR EXPERTISE

Around 1,270 people were surveyed for the CVoter snap poll.  As per the survey, conducted among those aged between 18-35 years, as many as 58.7% of the respondents said political parties do not understand the concerns of Gen Z.  

Only 20.7% felt they do.  

Interestingly, as many as 20.5% of them - remained silent and non-committal. 

What should make PM Narendra Modi - a youth icon for long -- take corrective measures is the fact that among the respondents aligned with the BJP-led NDA -- 

54% said political parties do not understand Gen Z concerns. 

Only 26% replied in the affirmative.  

Now comes a modest consolation prize for the BJP and their 'chanakyas' --  

The figure was significantly higher among those supporting the opposition. 

'India Today' reported that around 

64% said political parties were out of sync with India's youth. 

Around 58.5% of those backing other parties held the same view.  

The recent protests at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, and the subsequent agitations in Punjab and Jharkhand, have shown how much importance Gen Z places on education. 

The CVoter survey reveals that the youth are focused more on everyday issues.

An overwhelming 53% of the respondents revealed -- 

employment, education and health were the biggest electoral issues. 

Inflation was the second-biggest factor (13.1%), 

followed by corruption (11.9%).

The age-old issues of 

bijli (electricity)

paani (water), 

sadak (roads) were important to 8.2% of the Gen Z respondents. 

For 4.8% of those surveyed, law and order and women's safety were the most important electoral issues. 

What is said is that 

the National security was important for just 2.7% of 

India's Gen Z.

This is partly shameful. Partly the faults of the elders - families and society including teachers. 

Of course the Gen Z is inherently 'selfish' in more ways than one. 

From her modest experience as a middleclass woman - my wife says -- those born in India after 1980 "are a selfish" lot. 

Her diagnosis was not based on any survey. She speaks these in family circles and she does mainly to taunt herself, her husband and also her parents and others in the small Tripura town - Kamalpur. 

And I do endorse what she says. My experience too - in my family circles. in my work places (journalism and non-journalism) is somewhat the same. 

I know friends and relatives - who say "little bit cheating for scoring good marks is okay".

My mother would have caned us - even just for saying this. Old values - they say; and obviously they reject it.

Left to me; I am scared of interacting with unknown teenagers. Even in Metro travel; I avoid asking the youngsters -- even innocuous questions - where are you going or what's the time by your watch. 

Nevertheless, the CVoter survey also gave a glimpse into the voting preferences of Gen Z. 

Around 33.3% underlined that "issues" were the key basis for deciding their vote. 

The choice of a leader was secondary for India's Gen Z (20%).

Only 13.9% of the Gen Z respondents said they would primarily base their vote on the party. 

Only a mere 7.7% said the candidate would be the key factor in their decision.

Again, I would insist - some of their responses may not be truthful or genuine.  

There is nothing with the surveyors perse.

The younger generation is also more parochial and regional and hence also communal ... that is divided by religions.  

This is my experience based on my own findings and interaction. A few years back one Pakistani scholar said the same thing about youths in his country. 

I know Naga elders  -- who say the Naga and non-Naga differences are more pronounced amongst youths. 

Hence it would be very rare when a Muslim or a Christian youth would voter for Yogi Adityanath as a 'performing chief minister' by some standards.  

Similarly, for Hindu youngsters - they would not be voting for Modi just because of his contribution to development or administrative measures. 

Here Hindutva works in favour of Modi and also the likes of Yogi Adityanath. 

Otherwise when farmers' agitation took place in 2020-21; the youths and especially educated youths including Gen Z should have dissociated themselves from any stir and openly backed PM Modi for the much needed agri reform strategies and the three pertinent laws. 

We are not exaggerating things here. It is a truism that winning 2022 assembly elections in UP became much easier for BJP only after the three farm laws were withdrawn.  

It's simple - the Youths or Gen Z too cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.   

The present Lok Sabha composition reveals a startling fact. The average age of MPs is 56 years. Only 11% of members are 40 years old or younger. In fact, there are only three 'Gen Z' MPs.

GEN-Z  on social media and Nationalism:

  

The survey has revealed that social media plays a significant role in shaping political opinion among Gen Z. Nearly half of the respondents - 49.3% - asserted that social media played a key role. No surprises here. The surprise was in the next question.

When asked whom they trust most on matters affecting their lives, 'parents' were the overwhelming choice for Gen Z at 75.1%. Friends were a distant second at 6.9%, followed by social media influencers at 6.8%.

Gen Z also wants greater youth representation in politics. 

Nearly three-fourths of those surveyed (74.6%) said they would vote for young candidates if political parties fielded them in elections. 

This last statement ought to be taken with a pinch of salt. 

If that was the case -- Bolero rides and cash flow would not have happened or required at all in a state like Nagaland. 

Here, Nagaland is just an example. Most of my friends in different states will also agree. 

In Tamil Nadu - TV sets distribution would vanish. And election manifesto everywhere by every party would not be about free laptops and bicycles.

2018 album : Shakers and Movers 

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On timing of Bangladesh PM's India visit, his Foreign Minister said, “I am not an astrologer" :::: New Delhi confirms "inviting" Rahman

Asked on the timing of Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman's possible visit to India, foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman said on Monday; 

“First of all, I am not an astrologer." 

India on Tuesday confirmed that it has invited Tarique Rahman for a bilateral visit and to attend the Brics outreach session in New Delhi.

Addressing a regaular media briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi met Rahman on Aug 10 and discussed matters of mutual interest.  

"Our High Commissioner had a meeting with the Prime Minister of Bangladesh yesterday. At the meeting, both sides discussed matters of mutual interest. 

As far as the invitation you mentioned is concerned, we have extended an invitation for a bilateral visit, as well as to attend the BRICS outreach session that will be held here in Delhi. 

"We will keep you updated on this particular matter," Jaiswal said.

However, Bangladesh has yet to decide whether Rahman will attend the Brics outreach session, Foreign Minister Khalilur said.  

He made the remarks after Indian envoy met Rahman at the Secretariat. 

He said Dhaka had received two separate invitations from India — one for a bilateral visit by the Bangladeshi prime minister and 

... another for the chairperson of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) to attend the Brics summit.  

The foreign minister stressed that the two invitations should not be treated as the same. 

He said the BRICS invitation was extended to Bangladesh in its capacity as the current BIMSTEC chair, rather than personally to Rahman.

Asked about the timing of Rahman's possible visit to India, Khalil said, “First of all, I am not an astrologer. So, I cannot predict on which exact day it will happen.”

Bangladesh currently holds the BIMSTEC chairmanship, with the organisation's secretariat based in Dhaka.

On Dhaka's request for the extradition of former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Jaiswal said the matter was being examined in accordance with the established process.  

The meeting of PM-chosen envoy Trivedi, a former Railway Minister, with BNP supremo took place amidst tension in bilateral relations following Sheikh Hasina’s virtual press conference on August 5.

The Awami  League leader and her son Sajeeb had criticised  Rahman’s government with the latter saying - "Bangladesh is now new Pakistan".   

“Bangladesh hopes that India will expedite the process of extraditing Sheikh Hasina,” said Shahadat Shadhin, the Prime Minister’s Deputy Press Secretary. 

He also said that Rahman emphasised on the need to create "a conducive environment to further advance India-Bangladesh bilateral relations.”

Jaiswal also said the Indian side again underlined with Chinese that maintaining peace and tranquillity in the border areas is essential for the overall development of bilateral relations.

"It was agreed to continue to use existing diplomatic and military channels, including the WMCC, local commander-level meetings and other agreed mechanisms, to resolve outstanding issues and avoid misunderstanding and miscalculation along the LAC," he said.

India and China rolled out a series of measures in the last over one year to rebuild their relationship after it came under severe strain following the deadly Galwan Valley clashes in 2020 and the subsequent military face-off that lasted for over four years.

In October 2024, the two sides firmed up a disengagement pact for Depsang and Demchok, the last two friction points in eastern Ladakh.

Days after the agreement was finalised, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks in Kazan and took a number of decisions to improve the ties.

In August last year, Modi travelled to the Chinese city of Tianjin to attend the annual SCO summit. Modi and Xi held extensive talks on the sidelines of the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) summit.

In the meeting, Modi said India is committed to taking forward its ties with China based on mutual trust, respect and sensitivity.

India on Tuesday said the state of its border with China will reflect on the state of the "larger bilateral ties" and that maintenance of peace and tranquillity along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is of "utmost importance".

New Delhi also rejected China's criticism of New Delhi identifying 27 places and features in Arunachal Pradesh by their standard names, and asserted that the state is an "inalienable and integral" part of India and nothing can change this "indisputable reality."

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I was interviewed by 'The Raisina Hills' ::: Happy Reading :::: “BJP’s Foundation Shaken; Team Modi-Shah Will Need Yogi in Closer Circuit”

"BJP's foundation shaken; Team Modi-Shah will need Yogi in closer circuit" 

Question (Raisina Hills) 

TRH: 

Did something significant happen politically in July 2026? Has Prime Minister Narendra Modi suffered a setback to the political image he has carefully built over the years? Or was the episode essentially the result of mishandling a protest and a political miscalculation?

Nirendra Dev: 

In a way, nothing happened. But still something happened. 

I think the time factor is important. Between 2014 and now, 12 years have gone. Look back and you may realise it has gone pretty fast. Perhaps the 12 years prior to that, between 2002 and 2014, did not go so fast in India.

If we analyse closely, the Jantar Mantar protest, using the NEET examination paper leak issue as its immediate trigger, has almost now made even the BJP a “symbol” of the old.

Raisina Hills link

TRH: 

When you say the BJP has begun to look like a “symbol of the old,” what exactly do you mean? Are you suggesting that the party’s appeal among younger voters is beginning to change?

Nirendra Dev: 

Well, I would say when BJP and RSS leaders say, “Let us talk to Gen Z,” there is a blatant suggestion. There may be an admission. The guilt is a realisation — the Lotus party and Hindutva politics have grown old.

I will say, politically, this is a dangerous phenomenon for the Modi-Shah duo. Hence, immediate and extremely result-oriented corrective steps for them would be necessary. 

They require greater coordination with Yogi Adityanath. One formula to counter this could be greater coordination between Team Modi-Shah and Yogi.

TRH: 

You have supported Narendra Modi as a politician since 2002-03. Are you therefore saying that the political ground beneath the BJP has actually shifted? Has the party’s support base begun to shake?

Nirendra Dev: 

I will say the trio of Modi-Amit Shah-Yogi, which can be dubbed “MAY,” can bring Hindutva politics, rhetoric and symbolism back into the boxing ring involving the youth.  

Indian youth, and even Gen Z, are extremely religious. We are at a critical stage in the flowering of democracy. See, all these years, the greatest achievement of Narendra Modi politically, or the so-called Moditva phenomenon, has been to present the Sonia-Rahul-Priyanka factor as the “symbol of the old” and as the image of the elites.

July 2026 has perhaps changed this, albeit mildly.

TRH: 

So, are you saying the BJP’s political success was built partly around presenting itself as the party of a new India against an older political establishment?

Nirendra Dev: 

It’s like this. In the process, for several years out of the last 12 years, the BJP and NDA have been in power. Team Modi-Shah occupied multiple political spaces.

The BJP, of course, had Hindutva and development politics. Modi also played caste politics quite cleverly, say in West Bengal. There have been repeated references in public statements by BJP leaders that Modi himself is an OBC.

There was a successful use of the Hindi-Hindu-Hindustan factor. The old elites were challenged.

TRH: 

There have also been claims that forces beyond the immediate political opposition may have played a role in the campaign. Some critics have suggested that the target was not merely the then Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, but ultimately the Modi government itself. 

How seriously do you take such a possibility?

Nirendra Dev: 

One should not rule out anything. The manner in which all that unfolded was too effective in terms of thrusting a result-oriented protest.

Dharmendra Pradhan had to go, as Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav says, in order to shield the prime minister in office.

But the Hindutva forces should act quickly. Otherwise, a campaign by the CJP and its “strategy makers” — whether in India or overseas — is already on to convince the younger generation that it may now be a “time’s up” moment for the old values and old politics.

TRH: 

Are you therefore suggesting that the July protests could have implications far beyond the immediate education issue — potentially becoming the beginning of a longer political mobilisation among young Indians?

Nirendra Dev: To a large extent, what you are saying is correct.

In 2013-14, everyone wanted to throw out a corrupt system pampered and glorified by the Congress. See in 2026, we had the “gaali” or abusive-language sloganeering. 

These were part of some campaigns — sinister and also long-term.

The ill-intent planning is done with a lot of research. The near-perfect coordination by all elements and behind-the-screen stakeholders only suggests that the biggest stakeholder in the entire game is someone not named.

Having tasted blood in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, there are enough reasons for them now to try such experiments in India. The middle-class Indians are always unhappy.

Politics of caste : Rajasthan - 2018 

TRH: 

So, in your assessment, was the Jantar Mantar protest successful precisely because it went beyond the immediate issue of education and the alleged examination irregularities?

Nirendra Dev: 

The July protest in Delhi attributes its strength to many sources. In terms of politics, we need to go deeper. Around 2004, Rahul Gandhi was the symbol of the new generation and youth. Maybe Manmohan Singh and UPA-2 benefited from that logic for some time. In 2009, the veteran L.K. Advani was easily rejected by India.

But importantly, even BJP leaders like Rajnath Singh and the late Arun Jaitley understood this, and hence Sushma Swaraj was made Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.

By 2013, both Jaitley and Rajnath Singh were more than determined to make Modi the prime ministerial face. The man in Gandhinagar and even the RSS were keen to oblige them.

TRH: 

And do you believe that strategy succeeded because Modi was able to successfully position himself as the face of a new generation of Indian politics?

Nirendra Dev: 

Yes, absolutely right. Once Modi came to national politics as the face of the BJP for the 2014 elections, the Congress base simply shrank.

In April 2014, I travelled across western Uttar Pradesh. This is a Yadav heartland, and here too everybody was talking only about Narendra Modi.

In 2026, the CJP has challenged and shaken that foundation.

TRH: 

Why, then, do you believe Team Modi and Amit Shah would require Yogi Adityanath more closely in the national political equation? What does Yogi bring to the BJP at this particular moment?

Nirendra Dev: Primarily because Yogi is still very popular. He has been a performing chief minister. In 2023, Shah and Narendra Modi sidelined a few other performing faces in the BJP — Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Vasundhara Raje Scindia. 

They will soon realise that such strategies can boomerang.

If we see the so-called flowering of democracy, it marks the historic growth of self-rule, pluralism and civic freedom in India. Rooted in ancient traditions, it blossomed fully under the blessings of the Constitution of India.

But there are elements. Under Modi, in 2014, the BJP not only wrested power from the Congress; it virtually rejected and “dumped” India’s grand old party. The prime minister uses the words and phrases himself — Lutyens’ Delhi or the “Khan Market”... culture has been rejected. Modi has given a “New India,” but with a new idea under which “anything and everything” linked to the Congress style and tradition is bad.

The younger lot has been accepting this and kept rewarding the BJP in every election. Modi and the BJP became symbols of aspirational India.

Here, the aspiration was not only development. It was largely pro-Hindu and communal in that sense.

That is why by 2019-20, as the Supreme Court mandate on the Ram temple came, India almost became Bharat, if not Hindustan, by default. And it became unapologetically Hindu — and the youngsters were included in that.

Now see, further, the prime minister has called for a 10-year national mission leading up to 2035 to eradicate India's lingering “colonial mindset” and mental slavery.

Modi’s counter-strategy against English focused on reviving indigenous knowledge systems, promoting regional Indian languages, and shifting away from Western-centric intellectual and governance models.

All these cannot make the Western bloc too pleased.

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Kerala to be called Keralam ... a new Bill cleared in Lok Sabha amid pandemonium :::: Tiranga and Vande Mataram spirit rule the roost in NDA meet

 Lok Sabha clears Bill to rename Kerala as 'Keralam'. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Union Ministers Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, JP Nadda, BJP president Nitin Nabin, Anupriya Patel and other NDA leaders waved Tri-colour flags during the NDA's weekly parliamentary meeting 'Mangal Milan', at Parliament Building on Tuesday, Aug 3. 

 

The Govt has pushed for 'Har Ghar Tiranga' programme this year too on the occasion of Independence Day. 

As  Lok Sabha clears Bill to rename Kerala as 'Keralam'; Union MoS Niyanand Rai wondered Kerala MPs from Congress party were not participating in the debate on the same. 

The Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill seeks to formally change the state’s constitutional name from “Kerala” to “Keralam” by amending the First Schedule of the Constitution. 

The proposal originated from a unanimous resolution passed by the Kerala Assembly in June 2024, and the Union Cabinet approved the name-change proposal in February 2026. The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday and is now scheduled for consideration and passage.  

The NDA meeting, 'Mangal Milan', was held at the GMC Balayogi Auditorium in the Parliament Library and attended by Union ministers, NDA leaders and MPs from constituent parties.

Among those present were BJP president Nitin Nabin and Union ministers Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Nitin Gadkari, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and S Jaishankar.

NDA allies were also represented by ministers including HD Kumaraswamy of the JD(S), Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu of the TDP, Ramdas Bandu Athawale of the RSP-A, Praful Patel of the NCP, Upendra Kushwaha of the RLM and Satabdi Roy of the NCPI.

The NDA parliamentary meeting is held every Tuesday during a Parliament session. The Monsoon Session, which began on July 20, is scheduled to conclude on August 13.

The session has been marked by repeated adjournments and disruptions, with little legislative business. Parliament has passed the Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, along with four other Bills with little or no debate. Three more Bills were passed by the Lok Sabha amid continued Opposition protests.

The Opposition initially raised the NEET paper leak issue and alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya. 

It later demanded a discussion on police action against students protesting the NEET issue, along with the presence and statements of Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.