India, March 9 -- The first phase of the budget session of the Indian Parliament, which began on January 28 and ended on February 13, 2026, was one of the stormiest sessions. It made a sort of history.

On February 2, opening the debate on the motion of thanks to the President's address to the joint session of the Parliament, the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandi had tried to quote an excerpt from the article published in the Caravan Magazine relating to the memoirs Four Stars of Destiny of former Chief of Army Staff MM Naravane.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh stopped him from quoting from the book, stating that he could not quote from an 'unpublished' book and that it was not connected to the President's addre...