Congress highlights delay in Lok Sabha prorogation, asks if Amit Shah still seeking 2/3rd majority for delimitation-linked Bill

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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the time gap between the adjournment of the Lok Sabha sine die and its prorogation (formal end) is generally two to four days. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

Questioning the delay in proroguing the Monsoon session of Parliament, the Congress on Sunday (August 23, 2026) asked whether Union Home Minister Amit Shah was still in search of his "tainted" two-thirds majority to get the delimitation-linked Constitutional Amendment Bill passed in a special session.

The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned sine die on August 13.

Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the time gap between the adjournment of the Lok Sabha sine die and its prorogation (formal end) is generally two to four days, although there are many instances when adjournment and prorogation have taken place on the very same day.

Ten days have gone by since this Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die but still there is no information on its prorogation, Ramesh pointed out.

"It is true that the gap for the Monsoon session in 2015 was 28 days and in 2021 it was 20 days. But there were no diabolical moves afoot then," the Congress leader said on X.

"What explains the abnormal delay now? Is the Union Home Minister still in search of his tainted 2/3rd majority to get the Constitutional Amendment Bill on Delimitation passed in a Special Session?" Ramesh said.

He also shared the screenshot of a page from M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher's "Practice and Procedure of Parliament" to highlight the process of prorogation of the House. "Termination of a session of the House by an order made by the President under Article 85(2) is called prorogation. The President, in exercising the power to prorogue the House, acts on the advice of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister may consult the Cabinet before the advice is submitted to the President.”

"Prorogation of the House may take place any time, even while the House is sitting. Usually, however, prorogation follows the adjournment of the sitting of the House sine die. The period between prorogation of the House and its reassembly in a new session is termed as 'inter-session period'," the book says.

The time gap between the adjournment of the Lok Sabha sine die and its prorogation is generally two to four days - although there are many instances when adjournment and prorogation have taken place on the very same day. Ten days have gone by since this Lok Sabha was adjourned… pic.twitter.com/62Sq20KdSc

The Congress had said earlier that it was the Opposition's "success" that the attempt to get a "tainted" two-thirds majority was underway, but it could not succeed and the Constitution Amendment Bill involving delimitation could not be brought.

"They don't have a two-thirds majority and will never get it," Mr.