The Lok Sabha had to be adjourned for the day amid high drama on Wednesday (February 4, 2026) as women MPs from Opposition parties walked across the aisle and held up banners in front of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s front row seat ahead of his customary reply to the Presidential Address. They were protesting a BJP MP’s allegations against former Congress PMs.
Mr. Modi was not present at that time but BJP MP Sandhya Rai, who was presiding over the proceedings as the chairperson, adjourned the House for the day. The Prime Minister had been scheduled to reply to the discussion on the motion thanking President Droupadi Murmu for her address to the joint sitting of Pa
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