Parliament to hold special discussion on Astronaut Shukla, Kiren Rijiju urges Oppn to take part

Aug 18, 2025

New Delhi, August 18, 2025 (ANI): Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said, "... In the Parliament, today, we are going to honour Captain Shubhanshu Shukla through a special discussion. We will discuss his space visit and India's space mission in detail. I hope that the way all the members of all parties took part in the discussion on Operation Sindoor, the same way all parties will congratulate Captain Subhanshu Shukla and Indian scientists and take part in this discussion..." “... As far as Congress and other political parties are concerned, they created ruckus in the House over the issue of the Election Commission. I request that they refrain from creating a ruckus during this discussion. The issue between the Election Commission and the Congress party should be discussed in the Election Commission and not in the Parliament. We are not the spokespersons of ECI. ECI is an autonomous body, and we cannot answer on behalf of them...”