Opposition parties walked out of an all-party meeting after Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju invited a breakaway Trinamool Congress group. The walkout matters because all-party meetings are meant to build procedural consensus before a Session of Parliament, and disputes over party recognition can quickly spill into legislative business.
The reported objection was procedural. Opposition parties said Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla had not formally recognised the group’s claim of merger with the Tripura-based Nationalist Citizens Party of India. The walkout happened ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
Background and earlier position
All-party meetings are used to reduce friction before parliamentary business begins. Such meetings do not replace the formal powers of the Speaker or the House, and party recognition remains a procedural question tied to legislative rules and institutional authority.
What changed now
The reported change is political rather than legislative: Opposition parties chose to leave the meeting instead of continuing under a format that included the breakaway group. The dispute now centres on whether a group that claims a merger can be treated as a recognised participant before the Speaker has formally acknowledged that claim.
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