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The Winter session of Parliament will be held from December 1 to 19, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju announced , in what the opposition has described as an ‘unusually delayed’ and truncated session.
According to media reports, The three-week session will have 15 sittings in all and is expected to be stormy as it comes in the midst of the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 12 states and Union territories, an exercise against which several opposition parties have raised objections.
The Monsoon session of Parliament also saw vociferous protests by several opposition parties over the SIR in Bihar that led to daily disruptions in Parliament.
‘The Hon’ble President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu ji has approved the proposal of the Government to convene the #WinterSession of Parliament from 1st December 2025 to 19th December 2025 (subject to exigencies of Parliamentary business),’ Rijiju said on X.
The Hon’ble President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu ji has approved the proposal of the Government to convene the #WinterSession of #Parliament from 1st December 2025 to 19th December, 2025 (subject to exigencies of Parliamentary business).
Looking forward to a constructive &… pic.twitter.com/QtGZn3elvT
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) November 8, 2025
Oppostion reacted to the duration, Congress General secretary Jairam Ramesh hit out at the government, saying the session is ‘unusually delayed and truncated’.
‘It will be just 15 working days. What is the message being conveyed? Clearly the Government has no business to transact, no Bills to get passed, and no debates to be allowed,’ Ramesh said in a post on X.
It has just been announced that the Winter Session of Parliament will be from Dec 1st till 19th.
This is unusually delayed and truncated. It will be just 15 working days. What is the message being conveyed? Clearly the Government has no business to transact, no Bills to get…
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) November 8, 2025
Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien alleged that the government has ‘Parliament-Ophobia’, describing it as a fear of facing the Parliament.
‘PARLIAMENT-OPHOBIA. PM Narendra Modi and team continue to suffer from the acute condition called Parliament-ophobia, a morbid fear of facing Parliament.
PARLIAMENT-OPHOBIA
PM @narendramodi and team continue to suffer from the acute condition called Parliament-ophobia, a morbid fear of facing Parliament.
15 day Winter Session announced. Setting dubious records.— Derek O’Brien | ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) November 8, 2025
’15-day Winter Session announced. Setting dubious records,’ he said in a post on X.
Last year, the winter session of Parliament was held from November 25 to December 20
