Both houses adjourned amid Opposition protests; Lok Sabha to meet at 1 pm, Rajya Sabha at 2 pm

NEW DELHI: Both the houses of parliament were adjourned on Monday for the second time today amid sloganeering by Opposition members demanding a discussion on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in poll-bound Bihar, and other issues of public importance. While the Lok Sabha is set to meet at 1 PM, the Rajya Sabha will convene at 2 PM again.

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.

Earlier, both the houses convened at 12 PM briefly only to be adjourned amid protests.

MP Ghanshyam Tiwari, chairing the Rajya Sabha, told the Opposition members to maintain decorum in the house and allow for members to answer the question being asked of the government.

Similarly, Union Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu also took a swipe at the opposition for not allowing him to participate in the question hour, saying “they have not even asked the question, how will I reply? once they ask the question, I can reply.”

Meanwhile, as the Opposition MPs continue to sloganeer in the Lok Sabha before the commencement of discussion on Operation Sindoor; the House adjourned till 1 PM.

Speaker Om Birla said, “First, you ask for a debate on Operation Sindoor, then in the House, you come into the Well of the House. If you want to participate in a discussion, please take your seats. Do you want a discussion on Operation Sindoor or not?…Should I adjourn the House?”

Lok Sabha is also set to hold a discussion on Operation Sindoor, with top leaders from the ruling alliance and the opposition participating
Ahead of the 16-hour-long discussion on Operation Sindoor in Lok Sabha, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has appealed to the opposition not to speak in the language of Pakistan.

He said that there was a need to be mindful and maintain the dignity of the Indian armed forces.”I request the opposition, especially the Congress, not to do anything to harm India’s interests and not speak Pakistan’s language. We have to be mindful. We have to maintain the dignity of the Indian armed forces,” Rijiju told ANI.

Twenty-six civilians were killed in the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, after which India retaliated through precision strikes under Operation Sindoor, targeting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

Even since the monsoon session began on July 21, the Parliament has witnessed constant adjourments amid uproar over the demands of the opposition to push for a debate on issues of public importance, including the ghastly Pahalgam terror attack and the ongoing SIR exercise being carried out by the Election Commission in Bihar ahead of the upcoming assembly elections. (ANI)