Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to address the BJP-led NDA parliamentary meeting today at the Parliamentary Library Building. The meeting comes amid an ongoing standoff in Parliament, as the leaders of the opposition demand a debate and the cancellation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in Bihar. Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members of the NDA are expected to attend the meeting.
At the same time, INDIA alliance leaders will meet in the office of the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha at 10 pm in the Parliamentary Library Building.
Post the meeting, the INDIA alliance MPs will also hold a protest at 10:30 am near Makar Dwar in the parliament against the SIR, with the slogan ‘Our Vote, Our Right, Our Fight.’
The proceedings have been adjourned till August 6, 2025, at 11 am.
Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha resume proceedings as Opposition continues protests demanding a debate on Bihar’s Election Commission’s voter roll revision.
Congress MP Pramod Tiwari pointed the attention to the presence of CISF personnel in Parliament, in a response to the Supreme Court’s remarks on Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s comments about the India-China clash. He said, “I gave a notice in the Rajya Sabha that the way CISF was given permit into the Parliament was the murder of democracy… Entire opposition has unitedly opposed this as it is against the freedom and purity of the Parliament. Government should express regret over this… The paramilitary forces should never be called inside the Parliamentary premises…” googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1752148780792-0');...
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh says, “Election Commission is a Constitutional institution. Unfortunately, for some time now, the Election Commission has been functioning only at the behest of the PM and HM…Serious matters have come to light in Karnataka, there has been a scam of voter list.” He added, “In Bihar, a large number of voter names have been deleted across all districts…My question is, people elect representatives to the Parliament. Won’t they discuss the process through which they are elected? What kind of democracy is this? We call ourselves Mother of Democracy and you can’t discuss electoral process in Lok Sabha!…Govt...
Union Minister JP Nadda says, “I have told these people several times that I was in the Opposition for over 40 years, they should take tuition classes from me. I will tell them how the conduct of the Opposition should be. You have been there for only 10 years now. You have to be there for 30-40 years…” <blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-media-max-width=”560″><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”><a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#WATCH</a> | Leader of House, Union Minister JP Nadda says, "…I have told these people several times that I was in the Opposition for over 40 years, they should take tuition classes from me. I will tell them...