Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 LIVE Updates: Slogans Raised Against Bihar SIR, Both Houses Adjourned Till 11AM Tomorrow

Amid sloganeering against Bihar SIR, Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha adjourned till 11 am tomorrow (July 25, 2025). 

Oppositions raise slogans in Rajya Sabha on Bihar SIR. Says’ SIR Was lo’. 

As the speaker of Rajya Sabha announced question hour, sloganeering began leading to the house being adjourned till 2 pm. 

Lok Sabha proceedings adjourned till 2 pm over protests by opposition MPs in the House.

INDIA bloc MPs stage a protest outside the Parliament, against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise being carried out by the Election Commission of India ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections. 

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra says,” Whenever the Opposition leaders want to speak, they are not allowed to speak. We have been asking for discussions; they should agree. In the last session, I was surprised to see that disruption was starting from the treasury benches. They would pick a topic so that we react to it, and then there is a hungama, and then the House would get adjourned. 

Election Commission of India questions its critics, saying, “The Constitution of India is the mother of Indian democracy….So, fearing these things, should the Election Commission, getting misled by some people, pave the way for some to cast fake votes in the name of deceased voters, voters who have migrated permanently, voters who have got their votes registered at two places, fake voters or foreign voters, going against the Constitution, first in Bihar, then in the entire country?…Isn’t the authentic voter list being prepared by the Election Commission through a transparent process, the foundation stone for fair elections and a strong democracy? On these questions, sometime or the other, all of us and all the citizens of India will have to think deeply, going beyond political ideologies. And perhaps the most appropriate time for this essential thinking for all of you has now arrived in India.”

On SIR, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi says, “The way SIR has been conducted has raised more questions than reassure of the voters of Bihar. Repeatedly asking for documents that are difficult to procure, and many families don’t have them. Even the SC judges have asked to add more documents, which can be used as proof of citizenship which is again denied by the Election Commission. Questions arise on the time limit given to the entire process, and the number of voters who are likely to be weeded out. We really need to know what happened to all these voters during Lok Sabha elections. Were they misused?… The questions being raised by Tejashwi Yadav are absolutely valid and we totally support the protest against this entire process being carried out by the ECI at the behest of the BJP…”

On rumours of former Bihar CM and Bharat Ratna, Karpuri Thakur’s son Ramnath Thakur to be appointed the new Vice President, she says, “Why are they speaking on sources? Why do they plant information? If they decide on a candidate, from whichever community, they should take ownership of it. If it is Ramnath Thakur, I am certain it is because Bihar elections are around the corner…”

AAP MP Sanjay Singh has given Suspension of Business Notice in Rajya Sabha under rule 267 and demands discussion on the constitutional and electoral implications of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in Bihar.