With Parliament's Winter Session drawing to a close, the Congress on Friday (December 19, 2025) alleged that the session began with the government "insulting" Rabindranath Tagore and ended with the "insult" of Mahatma Gandhi.
Terming it as a 'pradushan kaleen' session, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh also said that his party was absolutely ready to have a discussion on air pollution but the government was "running away" from a discussion on it.
"We were told 14 bills will be taken up with two being a mere formality on Manipur and Supplementary demand for grants. Out of the 12 bills, five were not introduced. I don't know why they give this information when they don't want to bring bills," Mr. Ramesh said at a press conference.
"I had told Rajnath Singh at the all-party meeting that the meeting is a formality and usually at the end of session they come out with a Brahmos missile. He laughed. It happened this time as well and a bill was brought towards the end and was passed amid Opposition uproar," Mr. Ramesh said in a reference to the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB-G RAM G Bill.
He said the Vande Mataram debate during the session was all about government "defaming Nehru" and "twisting history".
