Significantly, this winter session is set to be one of the shortest since 2014. The previous winter session ran from November 25 to December 20.

Soon after the announcement, the opposition parties launched an attack on the government for reducing the session to just 15 days. Targeting the government, Ramesh said that the session is “an unusually delayed and truncated one”. “It will be just 15 working days. What is the message being conveyed? Clearly, the government has no business to transact, no Bills to get passed, and no debates to be allowed,” wrote Ramesh on X.

Echoing the view, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Derek O’Brien said the government is avoiding parliamentary scrutiny.

“15-day Winter Session announced. Setting dubious records. Parliament-ophobia. PM Narendra Modi and team continue to suffer from the acute condition called Parliament-ophobia, a morbid fear of facing Parliament,” he wrote on X.

Among the bills likely to be taken up are the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025, the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025, and the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025, which seeks to propose the removal of top government functionaries under arrest for 30 days.

The last Parliament Session witnessed repeated disruptions, adjournments, and walkouts. Barring discussions on Operation Sindoor in both Houses, the session has seen little business ever since it began on July 21 due to repeated disruptions and adjournments initially due to opposition demand for discussion on Operation Sindoor and then over demands for a discussion on the Special Intensive Revision exercise in Bihar.

It had 21 sittings spreading over 32 days, during which 12 bills were passed by the Lok Sabha and 15 by the Rajya Sabha.