{"id":11186,"date":"2026-04-12T06:52:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T06:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=11186"},"modified":"2026-04-12T06:52:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T06:52:43","slug":"130203404-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=11186","title":{"rendered":"BJP issues whip, orders full attendance of MPs for April 16\u201318 special Parliament session | India News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130203416,imgsize-1486035,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/image-2026-04-12t113542839.jpg\" alt=\"BJP issues whip, orders full attendance of MPs for April 16\u201318 special Parliament session\" title=\"Photo credit: ANI\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday issued a three-line whip to all its members of parliament in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, directing mandatory attendance during a special <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/parliament-session\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Parliament session<\/a> scheduled from April 16 to 18.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>According to the party directive, all MPs, including Union ministers, have been instructed to remain present in the House throughout the three-day sitting. The whip states that attendance is compulsory and no leave will be granted during this period.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>\u201cA Three-Line Whip is being issued to all BJP Members in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha from Thursday to Saturday, 16th to 18th April 2026. All Hon\u2019ble Union Ministers and Members are requested to remain present in the House throughout all three above-mentioned dates. <!-- -->Presence in the House is mandatory. No leave will be granted. Members are requested to strictly comply with the Whip and ensure their uninterrupted attendance in the House.<!-- --> Your cooperation is highly appreciated,\u201d the letter said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>This comes as the Parliament is set to meet for a three-day special session from April 16, with a focus on the Women\u2019s Reservation Amendment Bill, with the government planning key amendments linked to implementation timelines. The 2023 Nari Shakti Vandan Act had tied women\u2019s reservation to the next census and delimitation exercise, but delays in the census have led to proposals to proceed using 2011 data, news agency ANI reported.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Meanwhile, Congress president and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mallikarjun-kharge\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Mallikarjun Kharge<\/a> has written to Prime Minister <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/narendra-modi\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Narendra Modi<\/a> urging an all-party meeting before the session.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Kharge said the Opposition has not been taken into confidence and expressed concern over the lack of clarity on delimitation-related provisions, stating that \u201cwithout details of the delimitation and other aspects, it would be impossible to have any useful discussion on this historic law.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/bjp-issues-whip-orders-full-attendance-of-mps-for-april-1618-special-parliament-session\/articleshow\/130203404.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday issued a three-line whip to all its members&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[724,723,719,720,721,27377,2407,27380,27375,27378,1023,2323,27376,722,27379],"class_list":["post-11186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-breaking-news","tag-google-news","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-mallikarjun","tag-mallikarjun-kharge","tag-mallikarjun-kharge-letter-modi","tag-mandatory-attendance-mps","tag-narendra","tag-narendra-modi","tag-parliament-session","tag-special-parliament-session-april-2026","tag-today-news","tag-womens-reservation-amendment-bill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}