INDIA bloc to meet on Special Session of Parliament

Opposition leaders push for Special Session of Parliament to discuss terror attack aftermath and foreign policy implications.

Leaders of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance will be meeting in the capital on Tuesday (June 3, 2025) to present a united front and press for a Special Session of Parliament to “discuss the developments following the terror attack in Pahalgam”. 

The Opposition has been in talks to write a joint appeal demanding a Special Session, arguing that it has stood by the government and supported its efforts in engaging with the international community on India’s position. Seven multi-party delegations are on a tour across the world with the aim to refocus the narrative on Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. 

The Opposition wants the Parliament session to be organised after the delegations return over the next week. They are arguing for a “full and frank debate”, saying in wake of similar conflicts, the Parliament had debated the issue. “There are serious questions facing the nation about the terror attack, conflict, killing of civilians in Poonch, Uri and Rajouri, the ceasefire announcements, and the implications on our national security and foreign policy,” a top Opposition leader said.

He further pointed that while the foreign nations and their media have been briefed, the Indian Parliament has not been. 

As per sources, the Opposition was undecided on whether to pen a joint letter or to get every Opposition MP to send a separate plea. A decision on such minutiae will be taken in Tuesday’s meeting. 

As per sources, however, there could be more than a few absentees. No representative from the Nationalist Congress Party (SP) is likely to attend the meeting. Its leader Sharad Pawar had earlier said that a Special Session might not be appropriate. “I am not against calling a Special Session of Parliament... but this is a sensitive and serious issue and discussing such a serious issue is not possible in Parliament... In such a situation, it is necessary to keep the information confidential for national interest,” he said.  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had chaired an all-party meeting on May 8.