The monsoon session of Parliament on the third day remained disrupted as protests by the Opposition rocked both the Houses on Wednesday.
The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned within minutes of proceeding started as Opposition members staged protest outside demanding government’s attention on the key issue.
The Opposition members are demanding special discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the electoral rolls of Bihar ahead of Assembly Election in the state.
With assembly elections looming, the Opposition has alleged that there are discrepancies in the revision process which could affect the integrity of the upcoming elections.
They have been demanding the discussion on the issue for a long time since the process was started on the direction of Election Commission of India and demanding from government to look into the matter the addressed the issue for fair elections in the state.
A massive political controversy was erupted in Bihar following the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to carry out a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the state’s voter rolls—a move that drew sharp criticism from opposition parties.
The SIR, the first of its kind in Bihar since the adoption of computerized electoral rolls in 2003, aims to clean the voter lists of ineligible entries, including duplicates and non-citizens. According to the ECI, this exercise is mandated under Article 326 of the Constitution and the Representation of the People Act, which restrict voting rights to Indian citizens aged 18 and above.
