PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi & Other MPs Attend ‘Tea Meeting’ Called By Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla; See Viral Photos

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday attended the tea meet organised by LS Speaker Om Birla at the Parliament House.

After the Lower House was adjourned on Friday, the Speaker held an unofficial tea meeting in Parliament complex where Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi greeted each other warmly. This meet came just one sitting the before the scheduled end of the Budget session.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi greeted each other warmly at an unofficial tea meeting in Parliament complex after the Lok Sabha was adjourned on Friday, one sitting ahead of the scheduled end of the Budget session.

The current session of the Parliament was scheduled to end on August 12 but Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla adjourned the House sine die (for an indefinite period).

The Prime Minister was seated on a sofa with Speaker Om Birla next to him and on the other hand, Rahul Gandhi was on a chair to the right of PM Modi.

Along with that Union Ministers Kiren Rijiju, Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, Chirag Paswan, Piyush Goyal as well as opposition MPs Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Kanimozhi were seated in the same row as Gandhi.

Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh were also in attendance at the meet.

The Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday. The current session of the Parliament was scheduled to end on August 12 but Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla adjourned the House sine die (for an indefinite period).

Birla said the productivity of the House was above 130 per cent.

During this session, the House passed several key pieces of legislation, including the Finance Bill, 2024, and the Appropriation Bill, 2024 — both crucial for the Union budget.

Additionally, the Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bill, 2024, and the Indian Aircraft Bill, 2024, were among the four Bills passed.

The session also witnessed the introduction of a Bill to amend the Wakf Act, 1995, which was subsequently referred to a joint committee of Parliament amid protests from opposition members over its provisions.

(with PTI inputs)