The Upper house met briefly at 11 AM today before being adjourned amid Opposition's sloganeering. Similarly in the lower house, Opposition MPs protested against the Bihar SIR, raising slogans against the exercise.
The protest saw participation from across Opposition parties, with leaders holding banners which read "Loktantra par vaar" (attack on democracy) and placards that read "Stop SIR", accusing the government of undermining democratic values.
Opposition MPs began sloganeering earlier in the day as the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh declined the Rule 267 notices for the Suspension of Business.
Several opposition MPs on Tuesday submitted notices to move adjournment motions in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to discuss the issue of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar.
According to sources, more than 100 Members of Parliament have signed the impeachment motion draft, which will be brought against Justice Yashwant Varma in Parliament.
On the protest by opposition MPs Speaker Om Birla said, "You should give notice and whatever the issue is, it will be discussed after the Question Hour. The House should function on the first day, and there should be a good discussion. I will give proper time and opportunity to every MP..
A total of 7 groups of all party delegations, which included Opposition MPs such as NCP-SCP's Supriya Sule, Congress' Shashi Tharoor, AIMIM chief Asaddudin Owaisi, and former ambassadors completed its diplomatic efforts to visit various world capitals and put forward India's policy of zero t
"There is no need to comment that much on this, as it is an issue of nation... All opposition leaders had a demand that a special session of the Parliament be called, and all the opposition MPs be taken into confidence about all actions of the government. The government did not do anything..
Speaking to ANI, Rajasthan BJP President Madan Rathore said, "This shows the large-heartedness of the country's leadership. They have included the Opposition to present the country's image to the world. They have shown great trust in the Opposition. To gain the confidence of the world, these
Meanwhile, the opposition party MPs walked out of the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting, Gogoi said, while accusing the government of bulldozing its agenda and not listening to the opposition members.