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NDA gains seats as Modi plans special parliamentary session

By Drooid · Oct 16, 2026, 10:51 AM UTC · How we work

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Modi likely to call a special parliamentary session later this month.
The Centre believes it can obtain the two-thirds majority (360 of 540 Lok Sabha seats) needed for the bills.
Twenty Trinamool Congress MPs and six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs have switched to the ruling side, boosting the NDA’s numbers.
The government seeks DMK’s 22 MPs and a one-week notice to sync the session with the BRICS Forum on Oct 26-27.

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Modi likely to call a special parliamentary session later this month.
The Centre believes it can obtain the two-thirds majority (360 of 540 Lok Sabha seats) needed for the bills.
Twenty Trinamool Congress MPs and six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs have switched to the ruling side, boosting the NDA’s numbers.
The government seeks DMK’s 22 MPs and a one-week notice to sync the session with the BRICS Forum on Oct 26-27.