Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Monday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reply to the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address on February 4.

Sharing details of the marathon debate beginning today, he said that Sarbananda Sonowal will initiate the discussion and it will see at least five noted speakers from the BJP joining the discourse today. He also slammed the Opposition for persistent negative mindset and refusing to acknowledge the positive aspects of the Union Budget.

"Today we have five speakers from the BJP because the total discussion time is 18 hours spread over three days. Keeping this in mind, the NDA will get around 55 per cent of the time. The motion will be moved by Sarbananda Sonowal and seconded by Tejasvi Surya. After that, the Leader of the Opposition will speak. The Prime Minister will reply on February 4 evening," Rijiju said.

He added that the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address will be followed by an extensive debate on the Union Budget.

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will hold a Parliamentary Party meeting on Tuesday morning to discuss the Union Budget 2026 and the vision of a Viksit Bharat 2047.

The meeting will be held at 9.30 am in New Delhi and will be attended by top NDA leaders.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP National President Nitin Nabin, and all other NDA ministers and MPs will be present at the meeting.

PM Modi will also address the NDA parliamentary party meeting.

Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Monday moved an adjournment motion in Lok Sabha to discuss the reference of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in one of the emails of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

References to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 2017 visit to Israel were made in an email purportedly part of the recent 'Epstein Files' documents released by the US government on January 30, 2026. The Ministry of External Affairs has rubbished the references as "trashy ruminations by a convicted criminal".

In the adjournment motion, Manickam Tagore expressed concern over PM Modi's diplomatic engagement mentioned in Epstein's mail, stating that it directly impacts India's international image, moral standing, and constitutional credibility.

Both Houses of Parliament are set to discuss the motion of thanks on the President's address. Leader of Opposition (LoP) Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, including Congress MPs Tariq Anwar, Amarinder Raja Warring, Anto Antony, and Jothimani, will speak during the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address.

In the Lok Sabha, Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sarbananda Sonowal will propose the motion, and party MP Tejasvi Surya will second it.

AAP MP Sanjay Singh gives a notice under Rule 267 in the House seeking a discussion "on the destruction of heritage taking place in the name of redevelopment of Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi."

The Budget session will comprise 30 sittings over 65 days, ending on April 2. Both Houses will break for recess on February 13 and reconvene on March 9 so that Standing Committees can review the Demands for Grants of various ministries and departments.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan to protect India's economy from Donald Trump's tariffs is coming into sharper focus. 

The latest outlines of India's plan to live in the new world order dominated by the US president came on Sunday in an annual budget announcement that was packed with support for exporters battered by US tariffs, as well as fresh backing for strategic sectors like rare earths, semiconductors and critical minerals.

Carbon is the elemental backbone of life on Earth and, increasingly, of our biggest climate challenge. The sixth element in the periodic table, carbon, forms the structure of every organic molecule - from DNA to proteins to fossil fuels.

Along with presenting the Union Budget 2026-27 speech in the Parliament on Sunday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also tabled the Budget documents which provide a fractional break-up of every Re 1 that comes into the government coffers and how it gets spent.