The tumultuous first leg of the Budget session, which saw heated exchanges over the India-U.S. interim trade deal and unpublished memoir of former army chief M.M. Naravane, concluded on Friday (February 13, 2026) and the Lok Sabha will now reassemble on March 9.
The three-week recess period will allow standing committees to examine allocations to various central ministries given in the Union Budget.
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Earlier in the day, the House was adjourned for one hour after Opposition members raised slogans demanding resignation of Union Minister Hardeep Puri. The Opposition members were also protesting against the India-U.S. interim trade agreement. The first part of the Budget Session began on January 28 with the address of President Droupadi Murmu to a joint sitting of the two Houses.
Rajya Sabha proceedings were also adjourned on Friday (February 13, 2026) till March 9, as Parliament went into a three-week-long recess to allow standing committees to scrutinise Budget proposals.
