Parliament Monsoon Session Live Updates: Parliament passes new Income Tax Bill to replace IT Act, 1961

On Monday, scores of opposition MPs, including Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, were detained during a protest march from Parliament House to the Election Commission, which was halted midway.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader Jairam Ramesh were among those taken in buses to the Parliament Street police station.

“This fight is not political but for saving the Constitution,” Rahul Gandhi told reporters, adding, “The truth is before the entire country.”
When police blocked the march, several MPs staged a sit-in on Parliament Street, near the PTI Building—less than a kilometre from the Election Commission—shouting slogans and demanding a rollback of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).

10:55 (IST) Aug 11

Opposition MPs to march against Election Commission from Parliament's Makar Dwar today

Members of Parliament from Opposition parties in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are set to march from Makar Dwar in Parliament to the Election Commission office at Nirvachan Sadan on Monday.

The march will begin at 11:30 AM and proceed via Transport Bhawan.

Earlier in the day, the Delhi Police said that no permission has been sought so far for the proposed march by the INDIA Bloc from Parliament to the Election Commission.

On Sunday, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said that the INDIA bloc MPs had marched from the Parliament to the Election Commission's office on Monday to protest the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar and allegations of "voter fraud" during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

At a press conference, Digvijaya Singh alleged that all the Booth Level Officers (BLOs) were filling out "fake forms" in one room.

10:55 (IST) Aug 11

Monsoon Session Live: BRS MP seeks Rajya Sabha debate on Andhra's 'unauthorised' Godavari water use

BRS MP KR Suresh Reddy has given suspension of Business Notice in Rajya Sabha under rule 267 to discussed the 'unauthorized utilization of Godavari River waters by the State of Andhra Pradesh, through the construction of dams and barrages under the Godavari-Banakacherla Project, which diverts the water to other river basins, thereby affecting the interests of the state of Telangana.'

10:54 (IST) Aug 11

Parliament Monsoon Session Live: Adjournment Motion Notice in Lok Sabha to discuss 'the concerns around the fairness of our electoral processes'

Rajya Sabha MPs Ranjeet Ranjan, Akhilesh Prasad Singh, and Rajani Patil give Adjournment Motion Notice in Lok Sabha to discuss 'the concerns around the fairness of our electoral processes.'

10:54 (IST) Aug 11

Parliament Monsoon Session Live: 'EC is still not giving a proper answer,' says Congress leader and former cricketer Md Azharuddin

On INDIA bloc MPs to march from Parliament to the Election Commission today, former Indian Cricketer and Congress Leader Mohammad Azharuddin says, "The people have already got to know everything but the Election Commission is still not giving a proper answer... This march will give a big message to everyone... Grievances must be heard and the ball is in the Election Commission's court. It is up to them how they hit it..."

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Parliament Monsoon Session Live Updates: Samajwadi Party MP Ramgopal Yadav on Monday said Members of Parliament do not require permission to walk on the streets of Delhi, as INDIA bloc MPs began their march from Parliament to the Election Commission to protest the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar and alleged “voter fraud” in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

“MPs don’t need permission to walk on the streets of Delhi… If there is any kind of threat from the MPs coming out on the roads, then the system is useless,” Yadav told ANI.

RJD MP Manoj Jha said, “…If you cannot meet MPs citing the excuse of space, then that in itself is a comment on what kind of work you are doing… This (SIR) is a fraud; you are not providing classified data. Despite the Supreme Court’s instructions, your (Election Commission) stubbornness is not going away…”

Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav alleged, “Questions are being raised on our democracy. In UP, by-elections were held on 10 Vidhan Sabha seats; not only were votes stolen, but booths were captured. Why didn’t the Election Commission take action against the officers who were working on orders of the state government.”

BJP MP Jagdambika Pal criticised the INDIA bloc’s march and backed the Election Commission’s demand that Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi submit his “vote theft” allegations under oath. “They have not been allowing the House to function from the day first… The way Rahul Gandhi is making allegations against the Election Commission, the Election Commission is asking for evidence, saying if you have any proof, show it,” Pal told ANI.

Earlier in the day, security was stepped up and barricades were placed outside Transport Bhawan in preparation for the march.