New Delhi, 6 August: The 13th consecutive working day of the monsoon session of Parliament was affected due to the uproar on the issue of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in Bihar. During this, one bill each was passed in both the houses after a brief discussion.
Due to the disruption in both the houses, the proceedings were interrupted several times and later adjourned for the whole day.
In the Lok Sabha this morning, the victims of the Hiroshima atomic bomb on August 6 were remembered. Later, due to the uproar, the proceedings were adjourned till 12 o’clock and then till 2 o’clock.
When the house started at 2 o’clock, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju appealed to the opposition to let the house run.
He said that the opposition is continuously raising the issue of SIR going on in Bihar. The issue of SIR is currently pending in the Supreme Court. In such a situation, discussion on this subject is not possible in the House under the rules.
He said that the Election Commission is an autonomous body and the decision of an autonomous body cannot be considered in the House. Such cases have come up earlier also, but the then Speakers did not allow it. He asked the opposition whether they want to disregard the rules of the House?
Meanwhile, amid the uproar, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal introduced the Merchant Shipping Bill, 2024, a bill related to compulsory registration of Indian ships, for discussion. After a brief discussion on this, the bill was passed by voice vote amid the uproar. After this, when the uproar continued, the presiding officer Sadhana Rai adjourned the proceedings for the day.
In the Rajya Sabha too, the proceedings have been disrupted due to the uproar of the opposition. Due to the uproar, the proceedings were adjourned till two o’clock. When the proceedings resumed at two o’clock, the demands related to the budget of Manipur were placed before the House. After this, further discussion started on the Marine Cargo Transport Bill, 2024.
During the discussion, Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge raised the issue of the Chair not paying attention to the objections of the opposition.
Leader of the House JP Nadda objected to this and said that those who create chaos in the House have no right to raise a question related to the system.
Meanwhile, some leaders raised the issue of SIR while participating in the discussion. After a brief discussion, the House passed the bill by voice vote