Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday (February 16, 2026) claimed that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is just not within the clean functioning of Parliament, and a few NGOs have tutored him that “good days” will come for his occasion and that’s the reason he has been stalling the Home.

Mr. Rijiju additionally mentioned that the federal government is just not going to take any extra additional steps to “placate” the Congress to defuse the state of affairs in Parliament as he had made “many makes an attempt” in order that the Home capabilities correctly, however in useless.

“Rahul Gandhi is just not taken with operating the Home. He’s taken with making points. Rahul Gandhi was tutored by some NGOs that your days will come. However their days will not come. Within the subsequent elections, their tally (within the Lok Sabha) will additional go down,” he instructed PTI in an interview in Tawang, in Arunachal Pradesh.

Mr. Rijiju, who’s on a go to to his Lok Sabha constituency Arunachal West, mentioned the ruling alliance has no downside with the Opposition stalling the Home as he had made many makes an attempt to defuse the state of affairs, together with talking to senior Congress chief Ok.C. Venugopal and some others.

“We’re not going to do something additional to placate the Congress. The Congress is pissed off as a result of the occasion is dropping election after election. They’re determined to alter the state of affairs,” he mentioned.

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The Union Minister claimed that there was strain on the Congress from the smaller events in Parliament to not stall the Home as a result of they lose out their time to talk.

“All Opposition is just not with the Congress. Smaller events will not be having the ability to utilise their respective occasion time. Smaller events are sad with Rahul Gandhi. A few of them haven’t even signed the Movement in opposition to the Speaker,” he mentioned.

Mr. Rijiju mentioned some members of different political events stored telling him that they wished the Home to operate.

Most days of the primary a part of the Finances Session within the Lok Sabha witnessed disruptions and adjournments after Mr. Gandhi was disallowed by the Chair from quoting an article based mostly on excerpts of former Military chief M.M. Naravane’s “unpublished memoir”, which has references to the India-China battle of 2020.

Eight Opposition members had been suspended for the rest of the Finances Session for unruly behaviour within the Home.

The Opposition additionally moved a No-confidence Movement in opposition to Speaker Om Birla for his removing from workplace, alleging that he had acted in a “blatantly partisan” method.

The Speaker final week determined to step apart from his function because the presiding officer of the Home, hours after the Opposition submitted the movement for his removing from workplace, alleging that he had acted in a “blatantly partisan” method.

The Finances Session, which began with the President’s deal with to the joint sitting of Parliament, on January 28 and went on recess on February 12, 2026. The Finances 2026 was introduced on February 1, 2026. The session can be reconvened on March 9 and can finish on April 2, 2026.