WITH THE Lok Sabha set to take up the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026 on Thursday, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is learnt to have written to Speaker Om Birla, urging him to exempt the legislation from Rule 116, which stipulates that a Bill should be introduced two days prior to its consideration.
The has learnt that the MHA on Wednesday wrote to Birla stating that due to lack of time, it is not possible to introduce the Bill in the LS two days prior. It is also learnt to have requested the Speaker to relax the applicability of Rule 116 for considering the Bill in the House.
Rule 116 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in LS reads: “On the day on which the motion for consideration is set down in the list of business which shall, unless the Speaker otherwise directs, be not less than two days from the receipt of the notice, the member giving notice may move that the Bill be taken into consideration.”
