BJP issues whip, orders full attendance of MPs for April 16–18 special Parliament session

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party connected Sunday issued a three-line whip to each its members of parliament successful some the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, directing mandatory attendance during a peculiar Parliament session scheduled from April 16 to 18.According to the enactment directive, each MPs, including Union ministers, person been instructed to stay contiguous successful the House passim the three-day sitting. The whip states that attendance is compulsory and nary permission volition beryllium granted during this period.“A Three-Line Whip is being issued to each BJP Members successful the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha from Thursday to Saturday, 16th to 18th April 2026. All Hon’ble Union Ministers and Members are requested to stay contiguous successful the House passim each 3 above-mentioned dates.

Presence successful the House is mandatory. No permission volition beryllium granted. Members are requested to strictly comply with the Whip and guarantee their uninterrupted attendance successful the House.

Your practice is highly appreciated,” the missive said.This comes arsenic the Parliament is acceptable to conscionable for a three-day peculiar league from April 16, with a absorption connected the Women’s Reservation Amendment Bill, with the authorities readying cardinal amendments linked to implementation timelines.

The 2023 Nari Shakti Vandan Act had tied women’s preservation to the adjacent census and delimitation exercise, but delays successful the census person led to proposals to proceed utilizing 2011 data, quality bureau ANI reported.Meanwhile, Congress president and Leader of Opposition successful the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging an all-party gathering earlier the session.Kharge said the Opposition has not been taken into assurance and expressed interest implicit the deficiency of clarity connected delimitation-related provisions, stating that “without details of the delimitation and different aspects, it would beryllium intolerable to person immoderate utile treatment connected this historical law.”