Parliament not place for drama, Oppn using it to vent out frustration: PM

Parliamentary Conduct and Political Accountability  

PTI, NEW DELHI, DEC 1 2025: Parliament is not a place for drama, it is a place for delivery, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday in a hard-hitting attack on the opposition and accused it of turning the House into a "warm up arena" for elections or as an outlet to vent out frustration after defeat. 

Speaking to reporters outside Parliament ahead of the Winter session, Modi said the session must not become a stage for political theatrics but a platform for constructive and result-driven debate, and offered to give the opposition tips to bring positivity in politics. "We need to work with a sense of responsibility. 

Parliament is not a place for drama, it is a place for delivery," he said, hitting out at the opposition for stalling parliamentary proceedings. The Monsoon session of Parliament was virtually washed out over Opposition protests on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. 

The Opposition has also threatened to stall the winter session of Parliament over the SIR exercise in nine states and three union territories, if the issue was not discussed in Parliament. 

"For some time now, our Parliament is being used either as a warm up arena for elections or as an outlet for frustration after defeat," Modi said. Referring to the drubbing of Opposition parties in the Bihar polls, he said the Opposition was perturbed by the electoral loss and unable to digest failure. 

"Defeat should not be the ground to create disruption. Victory should not convert into arrogance either," the Prime Minister said. "They should change their strategy - I am ready to give them a few tips," he said. 

The Prime Minister urged all parties to recognise the purpose of Parliament and "come out of the frustration of defeat." Hitting back at the PM, the Congress on Monday termed him the "biggest dramabaaz" and said his statement accusing the Opposition of indulging in drama in Parliament is "nothing but hypocrisy". 

Congress leaders, party president Mallikarjun Kharge and general secretary Jairam Ramesh, were responding to Modi saying in his comments before the start of the winter session that Parliament is not a place for drama but delivery. 

Instead of addressing the real issue of people, Prime Minister Modi has once again made his 'dramebazi delivery', Kharge said in a statement on X. He said the reality is that the government has been continuously trampling on parliamentary decorum and system for the past 11 years, and the long list of such instances is well-known. 

"The BJP should now end this drama of distraction and engage in debate in Parliament on the real issues facing the people," Kharge said in his post. In Kolkata, TMC MP and party's general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said demanding accountability on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and other governance issues cannot be dismissed as theatrics. Banerjee said the opposition had only sought a formal debate on the SIR exercise, which he claimed had already led to "around 40 deaths, including BLOs", because of alleged procedural lapses. 

"What the Opposition is asking for is a debate on SIR. Is that drama? If raising people's voice is drama, then the people will give them a reply in the next election," the TMC national general secretary said. Blaming the Election Commission for what he called an "unplanned and glitch-ridden" revision process, the TMC MP said BLOs were neither trained nor equipped to handle the workload. 

"The EC didn't train BLOs. It didn't fix the glitches. The voter roll isn't updated. Forty people have died due to an unplanned SIR. Where is accountability from the government?" he asked. Banerjee accused the BJP of selective outrage and evading responsibility across sector.