Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: Om Birla holds meeting with PM Modi, MPs post-session huddle; LS, RS adjourned sine die

Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: Amid continued Opposition protests both the Houses werer adjourned sine die on Friday. With this, the 19-day-long Winter Session, which had 15 sittings, formally came to an end. Several key Bills were passed during the session, and the Lok Sabha recorded a productivity of 111 per cent, reflecting what the Speaker described as strong legislative engagement by members.While adjourning the Upper House, Radhakrishnan criticised disruptions during proceedings, saying, “The conduct of members during the Minister's reply yesterday, which included protesting and tearing of papers, was unbecoming of the House.”Overall, the Rajya Sabha functioned for around 92 hours during the Winter Session, achieving a productivity of 121 per cent. During this period, 58 starred questions, 208 Zero Hour submissions and 87 special mentions were taken up.The Winter Session of Parliament began on December 1.The opposition MPs staged a protest march within the Parliament complex against the renaming of MNREGA to Viksit Bharat–G RAM G, carrying placards reading “Will not tolerate the disrespect of Mahatma Gandhi”. The Bill was debated for nearly 14 hours on Wednesday, with the Opposition demanding it be referred to a Standing Committee, a demand rejected by the ruling BJP, which defended the legislation as a step towards Viksit Bharat by 2047.