Prateek Tanmay
2 min readNew DelhiJul 29, 2026 05:00 AM IST
AMID THE mounting tension between the Treasury benches and the Opposition, Parliament on Tuesday witnessed some moments of bonhomie between the two sides. After the Rajya Sabha was adjourned in the morning, Union Minister J P Nadda, who is the Leader of the House, and Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge went to the canteen together. Nadda was seen holding Kharge’s hand as the latter often faces mobility and walking difficulties. Inside the canteen, while Kharge joined Congress members, Nadda was seen enjoying tea with BJP MP Neeraj Shekhar and others during the brief break.
Gen Z jibe
TAKING A leaf out of the students’ protest over paper leaks, Shiv Sena (Shinde) MP Shrikant Eknath Shinde, during the debate on the anti-paper leak Bill in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, sought to attack the Congress “in Gen Z lingo”. Shinde alleged that the principal opposition party had been “MIA (missing in action)” from the protests at Jantar Mantar but chose to stage a protest outside the PM’s residence out of “FOMO (fear of missing out)”. He added that the party was “delulu (delusional)” if it thought that former education minister Dharmendra Pradhan had stepped down due to its pressure.
Not Lost in Translation
DURING THE debate on the anti-paper leak Bill in the Lok Sabha, DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran made a light-hearted observation that he appreciated the Bill being drafted in English and not Hindi or Sanskrit, as some of its most crucial aspects could get lost in translation. Union Minister Jitender Singh, who tabled the proposed law in the House, responded by offering to get the Bill translated into Tamil. Refusing to back down, Maran said if it came to translation, he would rather that the Bill be translated into all Indian languages.
