The Rajya Sabha proceedings on Monday were adjourned till 2 pm following protests by Opposition members over the rejection of their 19 adjournment notices on various issues.
Many Opposition MPs of INDIA bloc held a protest in the Parliament House complex against the Election Commission’s voter roll revision in Bihar.
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and others present in the protest raised slogans “vote chor, gaddi chhor” and “vote chori band karo”
The leaders also held huge banners that read “vote chori” and held posters demanding “stop SIR”.
Leaders of Congress, TMC, DMK, Left parties and RJD and Samajwadi Party were seen holding posters and banners right outside the Makar Dwar of Parliament.
The opposition has been protesting in both Houses of Parliament against the SIR, alleging that the EC’s exercise is aimed at “disenfranchising voters” in Bihar ahead of the assembly elections due later this year.
They have been demanding a discussion on the issue in both Houses. Barring discussions on Operation Sindoor in the two Houses, Parliament has seen little business ever since the Monsoon session began on July 21 due to repeated adjournments, mostly over the SIR issue.
