As expected, the winter session of Parliament got off to a rocky start with the Opposition stalling proceedings on Day 1 over the issue of businessman Gautam Adani’s indictment by a US court on bribery charges. Upbeat treasury benches, buoyed by the BJP’s extraordinary showing in the Maharashtra election, refused to be cowed down by the Opposition’s demands for suspension of regular business to discuss the Adani issue and a JPC probe on the subject. The BJP’s surprise win in Haryana and its drubbing of the Maha Vikas Aghadi in Maharashtra has given the party a much needed fillip after its relatively poor showing in the 2024 Lok Sabha election that saw its numbers reduced to a mere 240 and being forced to........

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