Parliament Winter Session Analysis: On What Made To Headlines
Parliament Winter Session ended last week, without surprises. The government passed what it wanted to pass, opposition resistance thinned out and debate remained selective. What stood out was not disruption but how smoothly the authority translated into law while uncomfortable questions stayed largely off the table.
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Sakshya Bill
Parliament cleared the new criminal law codes with surprising ease. The government called it decolonisation. That part is fine but what is not is how little Parliament examined what these laws actually change. They expand state discretion on arrests, custody and investigations. These are not technical tweaks. They redefine the balance between citizen and state. Yet the discussion stayed broad, rushed and oddly comfortable.
VB-G RAM G Bill
Replacing MGNREGA with the VB-G RAM G Bill was framed as reform. However it, isn’t that simple. The bill weakens the rights-based nature of rural employment. What was once a legal entitlement now reads like an administrative promise. The house should have slowed down here, yet it didn’t.
Read: https://realitypost.in/core-values-compromised-as-parliament-passes-vb-g-ram-g-bill/
Vande Mataram
Strangely, a time appeared when symbolism was on the table. Parliament held an extended “10-hour” debate on Vande Mataram. At a session where rural distress, unemployment and electoral credibility demanded attention, this choice felt seriously misplaced.
Vote Chori
Allegations of vote manipulation never found serious space. Not because they lack weight, but because their avoidance was easier. Hence, the government found silence as an apt strategy, instead of on point arguements. Not even once was a hope of proper investigation in the matter was provided before the house.
The winter session will be remembered less for what Parliament debated and more for what it chose not to. The laws moved fast, symbolism got space and accountability slipped into the margins. Though, the Parliament did not collapse, it did function with efficiency, but narrowly.
