"In Parliament, I asked the government a question about caste census - their response is shocking. No concrete framework, no time-bound plan, no discussion in Parliament, and no dialogue with the public. There is not even any desire to learn from the strategies of successful caste censuse
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday slammed the Centre for allegedly having no framework or discussion in Parliament regarding the caste census, saying that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has betrayed the Bahujans.
Congress leader KC Venugopal attacked the Centre on Wednesday over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar, alleging that the government is "running away from discussion" in Parliament.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday reiterated the Opposition's demand for a discussion in Parliament on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, stressing the need to flag "irregularities in the voter list and vote theft".
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra questioned the government's reluctance to hold a debate, stating that the Opposition was "only asking for a discussion" and that the issue could be "easily resolved" if the ruling party was willing.
"We want a discussion in Parliament on the deletion of the voter list, or the electoral reforms, or the electoral process, or the voter inclusion part. We know that the government is afraid of the word SIR being discussed in Parliament, but we are ready to discuss any kind of thing relate
His comments come in the wake of a political storm over statements made by Chidambaram ahead of a discussion in Parliament on Operation Sindoor, India's counter-response following the deadly terror attack on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, which took the lives of 26 people.
Janata Dal (United) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha on Sunday hailed Operation Sindoor as a historic counter-terror move ahead of its scheduled discussion in Parliament, calling it a defining moment for the "new India" and a strong message to state-sponsored terrorism.
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday announced that the government has agreed to hold a special discussion in the Lok Sabha on the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor on July 28, amid continued disruptions by the Opposition during the Monsoon Session of Par
Amid the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament, sources also said that the government was not yet mulling any discussion in Parliament on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise being carried out by the Election Commission in Bihar.
Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav emphasised the significance of the recent Pahalgam terror attack, calling for an open discussion in Parliament to address the incident.