Parliament Stalled For Second Day Over Bihar Voter Roll Row
The Opposition members trooped to the Well of the Lok Sabha when the House reconvened at 2 pm after two earlier adjournments on the second day of the Monsoon session of Parliament demanding a discussion and roll back of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise initiated by the Election Commission in Bihar: Reports
NEW DELHI: Parliament on Tuesday did not transact any business on Tuesday for straight second day, as both Houses were repeatedly adjourned due to protests by the Opposition demanding a discussion on the ongoing voter roll revision in Bihar. This, even as the government accused Opposition parties of practicing "double standards" by asking for a debate on one hand and disrupting the House on the other.
The Opposition members trooped to the Well of the Lok Sabha when the House reconvened at 2 pm after two earlier adjournments on the second day of the Monsoon session of Parliament demanding a discussion and roll back of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise initiated by the Election Commission in Bihar.
BJP MP Dilip Saikia, who was on the chair, made repeated requests to opposition MPs to go back to their places and allow the House to function.
As the protests continued, Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju condemned the opposition behaviour. He said it was agreed at the business advisory committee meeting on Monday that first Operation Sindoor will be taken up for discussion and the time for it had also been fixed.
"Only the rule under which discussion will take place will be decided. They come here carrying placards and violate the rules, I condemn this," Rijiju said. "They are asking for a debate and we are ready for a debate but they are not allowing the House to function," he said. These "double standards are wrong, on one hand they ask for debate and then create a ruckus like this," he said.
When the House met at 11 am, opposition MPs, including Congress, were on their feet, demanding discussion on the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar and Operation Sindoor. Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan appealed to the opposition members to go back to their seats so that the House can take up questions related to farmers during the designated time of
Question Hour.
Speaker Om Birla intervened and told the opposition MPs that sloganeering and showing placards lowered the dignity of the House. He later adjourned the House till 12 noon.
Meanwhile, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh chaired the proceedings of the morning session on Tuesday, a day after Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned as Vice President citing medical reasons.
Rajya Sabha was also adjourned for the day after uproar by Opposition members over several issues including a discussion on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. The Upper House earlier saw two adjournments during the pre-lunch period, before it was finally adjourned within minutes of meeting at 2 pm.
Soon after the House met, Deputy Chairman Harivansh announced the name of shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal to move a motion for consideration of The Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2025.
Opposition members were on their feet, raising slogans in support of their demands, the Chair urged them to go back to their seats.
Rajya Sabha was adjourned twice during the first half, after Opposition MPs disrupted proceedings
