Bureau Prayagraj. Congress has given a privilege notice against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Breach of privilege means that the rights of a member of Parliament have been insulted or falsely alleged. Congress alleges that the Prime Minister, in his address to the nation, pointed fingers at the independence and honesty of the MPs and alleged wrong intentions in their voting, which is a clear violation of the rules of Parliament.
Congress MP K.C. Venugopal sent this notice to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday. The notice states that the Prime Minister’s 29-minute address to the nation on April 18 is a ‘blatant abuse of power’ and hurts the dignity of Parliament. Voting on the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill 2026 took place in the Lok Sabha on April 17. This bill was related to early implementation of 33% reservation for women in Lok Sabha and Assemblies and increasing the seats of Lok Sabha to 850. But it did not get two-thirds majority. Out of 528 MPs, 298 voted in favor and 230 against.
The bill could not be passed due to lack of two-thirds majority required under Article 368 of the Constitution. The next day i.e. on the night of 18 April, Prime Minister Modi addressed the nation. He launched a scathing attack on opposition parties like Congress, TMC, DMK, Samajwadi Party. He said that the opposition has committed ‘feticide’ of women’s rights. He accused the opposition of crushing the dreams of women because of narrow politics.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh posted this privilege notice on Twitter and wrote, ‘My senior colleague in the Lok Sabha, K.C. Venugopal has given a notice of breach of privilege against the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister addressed the nation after the failure of his evil plan in the Lok Sabha. He did not expect this defeat at all. The reason for the defeat was the entire opposition standing united. The address to the nation by the Prime Minister has always been given only to increase the unity of the country and confidence among the people. But this time the Prime Minister gave an openly partisan and inflammatory speech in his address. He made 59 separate attacks on the Congress party. This will be another permanent stain on his tenure as Prime Minister.
How. Venugopal wrote in the notice, ‘The Prime Minister made direct comments on the voting pattern of opposition MPs and questioned their intentions. To blame the MPs that they did not protect the Constitution, but instead did injustice to women – this is a vague comment on the independence and integrity of the MPs.
He further said, ‘Under the old tradition of Parliament and Article 105, the conduct or voting of any member cannot be commented on from outside, especially by a person of high position like the Prime Minister. This is a violation of the dignity of Parliament and the right of MPs to work independently.
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