NEW DELHI — Continuing their protest against the Election Commission’s voter roll revision in Bihar, Opposition MPs of India bloc including Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, protested in the Parliament House complex for the seventh consecutive day on Wednesday and demanded its rollback.
There was a huge banner in front of them which read ‘SIR- Loktantra Pe Vaar’ as they lined up on and near the steps of the Makar Dwar of Parliament and staged a protest for the seventh consecutive day, reports The New Indian Express.
With ‘Stop SIR’ placards in hand, several MPs of the opposition, including those of the Congress, DMK, TMC, Samajwadi Party, RJD and Left parties, participated in the protest and raised slogans.
Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha deputy leader Sagarika Ghose said on Wednesday, that the party will raise the issue of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise going on in Bihar strongly in the House.
“Opposition parties have participated honestly in the debate on Pahalgam attack. The most important issue today is SIR. We have been giving notices continuously, but it is not being accepted,” Ghose told PTI.
“We have seen lakhs of voters have been removed from the voters’ list in Bihar. We want a discussion on this. Is citizens’ right to vote being snatched? Is the BJP using the EC to push its own agenda?” she asked.
