NEW DELHI: Congress MP KC Venugopal on Tuesday submitted a breach of privilege discover in Parliament towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his handle to the nation after his 131st Constitutional (Modification) Invoice, 2026, did not cross within the Lok Sabha.Calling it a “blatant abuse of energy”, the MP from Alappuzha stated that the handle through which the PM criticised the opposition constituted a “critical breach of privilege and contempt of the Home.”
“Within the 29-minute speech termed as ‘handle’ to the Nation, the Prime Minister criticised opposition events for blocking the invoice and made direct reflections on the voting sample of Members of the Opposition and attributed motives to them… Addressing the Nation by the Prime Minister on Authorities not in a position to muster the requisite majority in Parliament, for criticising the Opposition events, is unprecedented, which is unethical and a blatant abuse of energy. Such statements by the best government functionary of the nation represent a critical breach of privilege and contempt of the Home” Venugopal’s discover learn.Sharing the discover on X, Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh stated, “A sitting PM’s handle to the nation has all the time been reserved for the overriding function of nationwide unity and confidence-building. The Prime Minister’s unabashed partisan demagoguery throughout this handle – with 59 totally different assaults on the Congress get together – will likely be one more everlasting stain on his file as Prime Minister.”This follows remarks by Prime Minister Modi, who stated the rejection of the Structure (131st Modification) Invoice offers a direct blow to ladies’s dignity, an affront he believes feminine voters won’t neglect. “Ladies could neglect many issues, however not an insult to their delight,” he stated.He added that what he referred to as the opposition’s “misdeed” would in the end be punished by the individuals.






