The Lok Sabha referred the 2026 Foreign Contribution Regulation Amendment Bill to a 31-member joint parliamentary committee for detailed examination. His responses were “evasive and unsatisfactory”, said the panel, constituted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on August 12, 2025. The National Academy of Legal Studies and Research in Hyderabad has invited Chief Justice Surya Kant to be the chief guest at its upcoming convocation. The Tamil Nadu Assembly passed a resolution opposing the proposed delimitation exercise and urged the Centre to retain the number of Lok Sabha seats at 543. Chief Minister Vijay said women’s reservation should be implemented in the 2029 Lok Sabha elections using the existing 543 seats.