To break the ongoing deadlock in the House, the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has summoned a meeting of party leaders in his chamber at Parliament House at 3 pm on Tuesday, sources said.
Congress President and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, on Tuesday pressed the Central government to allow an urgent discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, citing concerns over the lives and safety of Booth Level Officers (BLOs)
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday refrained from commenting on the directions to pre-install the Sanchar Saathi App on mobile phones, stating that he would debate the issue in the House.
After the Lok Sabha was adjourned at 11:15 am on the second day of the Winter Session, Speaker Om Birla summoned opposition floor leaders and ministers for a meeting to resolve the disruptions and restore order in the House.
The slogans started the second the proceedings began at 11 AM, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla urged the Opposition MPs to maintain decorum and get back to their seats. He claimed that the protests are not in the interests of the Parliament or the country.
Opposition members, including MPs from the INDIA bloc, gathered outside the Makar Dwar of the Parliament ahead of the day's proceedings to express their discontent over the ongoing SIR exercise.
"For the second day in a row, the ruling party, the BJP, refuses to list the most important issue for opposition political parties on the agenda for parliamentary business today. Why is the BJP taking the Parliament for granted?" the Congress MP posted on X.
"Moves a motion under Rule 267 (Notice of Motion for Suspension of rules) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Council of States (Rajya Sabha), for the discussion on ECI's SIR: Arbitrary Deletions, BLO Deaths, Disenfranchisement Threatening Articles 14, 21, 326," Sanjay Si
Urging members to act as exemplary leaders by upholding constitutional values, Vice President Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Monday said that the Constitution and the rules of procedure determine the 'Laxman rekha' for parliamentary discourse.
Lok Sabha saw adjournments on the first day of the winter session and the government and treasury benches sparred in the Rajya Sabha as the government went ahead with its legislative agenda.