Union minister for parliamentary affairs Pralhad Joshi announced on Thursday (August 31) that a special session of parliament will be held next month from September 18 to 22.

In a statement on X (formerly Twitter), Joshi said that the special session will include five days.

Special Session of Parliament (13th Session of 17th Lok Sabha and 261st Session of Rajya Sabha) is being called from 18th to 22nd September having 5 sittings.  Amid Amrit Kaal looking forward to have fruitful discussions and debate in Parliament,” he said.

However, there is no word on what the agenda will be for the five-day session which is scheduled days after the G20 summit in New Delhi on September 9 and 10 – and just weeks after the monsoon session of parliament concluded on August 11.

Sources said that the session could offer the government an opportunity to showcase the success of the G20 summit and set the stage for the “P20 summit”. The Parliament20 (P20) Engagement Group, started during Canada’s G20 Presidency in 2010 and is led by speakers from parliaments of G20 countries. It aims to bring a parliamentary dimension to the global summit.

The monsoon session, which started on July 20, saw the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government facing a no-confidence motion that was moved by the Congress and supported by members of the INDIA alliance, demanding a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi inside the house on the ongoing violence in Manipur.

According to an analysis by PRS Legislative Research, the Lok Sabha functioned for 43% of its scheduled time and Rajya Sabha functioned for 55% during the session.

A total of 23 Bills were passed amid loud protests from opposition parties demanding a discussion on Manipur throughout the session.

The session also saw the 17th Lok Sabha’s first no-confidence motion – the second faced by the Modi government. The last no-confidence motion against the Modi government was in 2019.