Union government announced today that a special session of the Parliement will be conducted in the third week of September. Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi posted on X (formerly Twitter) that the special session of Parliament is being called from September 18 to 22 and there will five sittings during this period.

“Amid Amrit Kaal looking forward to have fruitful discussions and debate in Parliament,” the minister said in his X post.

Special Session of Parliament (13th Session of 17th Lok Sabha and 261st Session of Rajya Sabha) is being called from 18th to 22nd September having 5 sittings. Amid Amrit Kaal looking forward to have fruitful discussions and debate in Parliament.

ಸಂಸತ್ತಿನ ವಿಶೇಷ ಅಧಿವೇಶನವನ್ನು… pic.twitter.com/k5J2PA1wv2

— Pralhad Joshi (@JoshiPralhad) August 31, 2023

Criticising the sudden decision to call the Parliament session, Opposition Congress said: “Managing the News Cycle, Modi style.” Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the decision to announce the Parliament session was to counter media coverage about the new revelations by OCCRP about financial malpractices by Adani Group and the INDIA alliance meeting scheduled to be held in Mumbai today and tomorrow.

Managing the News Cycle, Modi style.

1. News today has been dominated by latest revelations on the Modani-scam.

2. Tomorrow the ever-growing INDIA parties meet in Mumbai.

How to counter?

Announce a 5-day special session of Parliament when Monsoon session has just ended 3…

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) August 31, 2023

The last session of Parliament, the Monsoon Session, was held from July 20 to August 12, 2023. The government passed 23 bills during the session, but it was also marked by several protests from the opposition on a number of issues, including the violence in Manipur and the contentious Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023.