Monsoon Washout: From SIR To ECI - Protests Sink Another Sansad Session
Protests Drown Productivity
- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said opposition-led deadlocks restricted work to 37 hours.
- Rajya Sabha deputy chairman Harivansh reported only 38.88% of planned work, 41 hours, was completed.
- Rijiju also held the opposition “responsible” for not letting new MPs speak in the House.
- Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned citing health reasons, sparking intense speculation.
- He became the third Vice President in history to quit before completing his term.
- His sudden departure forced an unplanned vice-presidential poll.
- INDIA bloc staged relentless protests against the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar.
- Opposition leaders called it “silent invisible rigging” and raised slogans of “Stop vote chori.”
- The standoff paralysed proceedings, with ruling MPs accusing the Opposition of derailing business.
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