Archive · 10 Aug 2026
Parliament deadlock to continue until Amit Shah statement: Priyanka
In India, the people who make laws meet in a big building called Parliament.
Right now, two big groups there cannot agree, so work is stuck.
A leader named Priyanka Gandhi says the group will stay stuck until Amit Shah talks about how police treated students.
Amit Shah is an important minister in the government.
There are only four days left before the meeting ends.
Some important rules cannot be decided because of the fighting.
One rule would give more places for women in government, and another would change how voting areas are drawn.
A third rule is about money that groups receive from other countries.
The Congress party says this money rule is unfair to minorities and helpful groups.
Because the leaders keep disagreeing, the big decisions are waiting.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the Parliament deadlock will continue until Union Home Minister Amit Shah gives a statement on alleged police excesses against students.
With only four days of the Monsoon session remaining, the women's reservation, delimitation and FCRA Amendment bills remain uncertain and did not appear on Monday's Lok Sabha business list.
Congress and most of its allies have vowed to oppose the bills, although some opposition parties have shown signs of softening after the government's outreach.
The Constitution Amendment Bill proposing 33 per cent reservation for women in 2029 and a redrawing of Lok Sabha constituencies was defeated in April for failing to secure a two-thirds majority.
AICC general secretary KC Venugopal called the FCRA Amendment Bill 'unconstitutional and anti-people', alleged it targets minorities and NGOs, and said the opposition would not allow it to pass.
- Who
- Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, AICC general secretary KC Venugopal, the Indian National Congress and its allies, and the central government.
- What
- A parliamentary deadlock over the demand for a Home Minister's statement on alleged police excesses against students, leaving the women's reservation, delimitation and FCRA Amendment bills in doubt.
- When
- On Monday, during the final week of the Monsoon session (which began on July 20), with four days remaining.
- Where
- Parliament House complex and the Lok Sabha in New Delhi.
- Why
- Congress and its allies insist the deadlock will continue until Amit Shah gives a statement, and they oppose the pending bills, which they say target minorities and NGOs.
Congress and allies
Government and softening opposition parties
Home Minister's statement on police excesses
Congress and allies
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra says the deadlock will continue until Union Home Minister Amit Shah makes a statement on alleged police excesses against students.
Government and softening opposition parties
The government has not given such a statement and instead reached out to some opposition parties in an effort to ease the logjam.
Women's reservation and delimitation bills
Congress and allies
Congress and most of its allies oppose any move to bring the women's reservation and delimitation bills before Parliament.
Government and softening opposition parties
Some opposition parties have shown signs of mellowing their stand on these bills following the government's outreach.
FCRA Amendment Bill, 2026
Congress and allies
KC Venugopal and Congress allege the bill targets minorities and NGOs, call it unconstitutional and anti-people, and say the opposition will not allow it to pass.
Government and softening opposition parties
The government introduced the bill in the Lok Sabha on March 25 and intends to take it up for discussion and passage in the remaining days of the session.
- Deadlock condition
- Will continue until Union Home Minister Amit Shah gives a statement on alleged police excesses against students
- Days left in Monsoon session
- Four
- Stalled bills
- Women's reservation, delimitation, and FCRA Amendment bills
- Women's reservation proposal
- 33 per cent reservation for women in 2029
- Women's reservation bill status
- Defeated in April for failing to secure a two-thirds majority
- FCRA Amendment Bill introduced
- In the Lok Sabha on March 25, 2026
- FCRA Bill provisions
- Tightens oversight of foreign-funded organisations; proposes a new authority to seize and manage assets of non-profits that lose their licence
- Congress objection to FCRA bill
- Allegedly targets minorities and NGOs and is 'unconstitutional and anti-people'
