Parliament Monsoon Session: Members from Opposition parties continued to protest in Lok Sabha over the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar as Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha resumed on Monday ahead of a debate on Operation Sindoor. Both the Houses were adjourned till noon amid the disruptions.
The Lok Sabha is expected to witness a fiery debate on the Pahalgam attack and Operation Sindoor from today. Members of the ruling alliance and the Opposition are expected to clash over the two issues steeped in national security and foreign policy imperatives.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)—led ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and opposition parties will field their top leaders during the discussions in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will speak on Operation Sindoor in Lok Sabha around noon, according to news agencies. Deputy Leader in the House, Gaurav Gogoi,is expected to lead the opposition party’s charge on the first day of the debate.
Twenty-six civilians were killed in the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, after which India retaliated through precision strikes under Operation Sindoor, targeting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
But before the debate could begin, the oppsotion disrupted both the houses over Bihar SIR leading to adjournments. Opposition members raised slogans like against SIR as soon as Lok Sabha reconvened for question hour on Monday morning.
Speaker Om Birla urged the Opposition members to let the house function as an important debate is scheduled for the day in Lok Sabha.
Special Intensive Revision
A bone of contention has been persisting between the government and the Opposition: the latter’s demand for a discussion in Parliament over the ongoin Special Intensive Revision(SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar by the Election Commission.
A united opposition stalled Parliament in the first week primarily over this issue, as it has claimed that the exercise is aimed at helping the BJP-led alliance in the poll-bound state, amid the EC’s assertion that it is solely focused on ensuring that only eligible people cast their votes.
he Election Commission of India has yet again asserted that no names will be deleted from draft rolls without following due process, amid opposition claims that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar’s voters’ list will deprive crores of eligible citizens from their right to vote.
In a statement issued on July 27, the poll panel also listed 10 aims of theSIR exercise to underline that it is all-inclusive and does not aim to deprive any eligible citizen of their right to vote.
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