Several senior Congress leaders, including the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, and party leader Priyanka Gandhi, also participated in the protest. The MPs marched from the Gandhi statue on the Parliament premises ahead of the start of the day's session.
"They should respond to the allegations. They should provide us with the voters' list, which we have been asking for. There should be transparency. It is a democracy. All political parties should have access to that information. Why is it not being provided?" Priyanka Gandhi told reporter
Amid the row over Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter list in Bihar, former Rajasthan Chief Minister and Congress leader Ashok Gehlot said that the matter is subjudice and they have faith in the judiciary.
The Election Commission of India is conducting a Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar ahead of the assembly elections in the state later this year.
Hours after Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of indulging in "cheating" during the voter list revision process in a constituency in Karnataka, poll body sources on Thursday said to wait for the verdict of the High Court re
Congress leader Shakeel Ahmed Khan, present at the protest, slammed the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-led state government for being unable to provide answers over rising unemployment, saying that the state has descended into "a situation of anarchy and lawlessness."
Karnataka Minister Eshwar Khandre on Thursday criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI), amid the Opposition's continuous protest over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in poll-bound Bihar, for working under the influence of the BJP.
Speaking to ANI, Yadav asserted that if no action is taken on the exercise in Bihar, then they all should resign from the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha and let the government run the House on its own.
Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) MP Shambhavi Choudhary criticised the opposition led by the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc, stating that they are misleading people and spreading fear, which is entirely wrong.
On JD(U) MP Giridhari Yadav speaking against Bihar SIR, JD(U) MP Kaushalendra Kumar remarked that he is protesting because his name is Giridhari Yadav.