"They are not letting Parliament function": BJP MP Hema Malini on opposition's protest

New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Amid opposition ruckus in the Parliament, demanding to discuss the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) being conducted by the Election Commission (EC) in poll bound Bihar, BJP MP Hema Malini alleged that the opposition was not letting the Parliament function while the government was ready to discuss the matter.
Speaking to ANI, Malini said, "They are not letting the Parliament function. They always do like this. Rather, they should discuss the matter. The government is ready to discuss any matter."
The Opposition members demanded that the revision exercise be halted, alleging that people's voting rights are being stripped away.
Multiple leaders, including Lok Sabha's Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Deputy party leader in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi, Congress MPs Priyanka Gandhi and Manickam Tagore, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, and multiple other leaders, were present during the protest.
The party leaders chanted slogans such as "Save our Democracy" and "Save our Constitution," while holding placards calling for the SIR to be halted.
Earlier on Tuesday, the INDIA bloc MPs had launched their protest against the Bihar SIR, with the same leaders gathering at Makar Dwar. The issue of Bihar SIR has been a contentious one with INDIA bloc MPs demanding a discussion on it in the parliament.
Opposition leaders have moved adjournment motion notices in both lower and upper houses to discuss various issues of public importance, including the SIR in Bihar.
Congress MP Pramod Tiwari criticised the SIR, calling it a "conspiracy" which has come to light, alleging an unprecedented removal of names from voter list is taking place.
"We are all protesting, their conspiracy has come to light, never before have so many names been removed before an election. This is an attempt by the BJP to murder democracy, like in Haryana and Maharashtra, we will knock on every door against it. But we will not let the BJP snatch away the right to vote," Tiwari told ANI. (ANI)