New Delhi: Following over an hour-long discussion, the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the National Co-operative Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2026, by a voice vote. Before taking up the Bill, Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh informed the House that Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju had urged members to consider the National Co-operative Development Corporation Bill first. Meanwhile, Opposition members continued raising slogans over the Ram temple donation theft issue and demanded the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the Upper House. The Deputy Chairman declined to allow him to speak further and asked Leader of the House JP Nadda to respond. The Deputy Chairman then took up the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026.