All-party meeting: Opposition demands debate on SIR, national security in Parliament

The Opposition connected Sunday (November 30, 2025) demanded that a treatment beryllium held successful Parliament implicit the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and indicated that functioning of some the Houses would beryllium hampered if specified a statement is not allowed.

During an all-party gathering convened by the authorities a time earlier the Winter league of Parliament, the Opposition parties besides powerfully pressed for a treatment connected nationalist information successful the aftermath of the Delhi blast incident. They besides alleged that the authorities wants to "finish off" ideology and "bury" parliamentary traditions.

Congress wide caput in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the all-party gathering to sermon the docket for the Winter league of Parliament starting connected Monday (December 1, 2025) is simply a specified formality.

Mr. Ramesh, who attended the meeting, said the Modi authorities has made its intentions wide by listing a taxable for a abbreviated duration treatment without immoderate consultation with the Opposition.

"This league of 15 days volition beryllium the shortest successful Parliamentary history. The Modi authorities has listed 13 Bills for passage. Of these 1 replaces an ordinance and 2 person gone done a committee of the Lok Sabha. So 10 Bills person not been examined by the Standing Committee concerned," helium said connected X.

It is imaginable that a Bill not listed astatine contiguous volition abruptly get introduced towards the aboriginal portion of the abbreviated session, Mr. Ramesh said.

"The Modi authorities has made its intentions wide by listing a taxable for a abbreviated duration treatment WITHOUT immoderate consultation with the Opposition," helium said.

Earlier, briefing reporters connected the all-party meeting, Congress' lawman person successful the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi alleged that the ruling enactment nether the enactment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to "finish off" democracy, "derail" Parliament and "bury" parliamentary traditions.

He said that astatine the all-party meeting, the Congress demanded a treatment connected nationalist security, aerial pollution, ensuring purity of elector list, farmers' issues and overseas policy.

"It seems the government, nether the enactment of the premier curate and the location minister, is looking to decorativeness disconnected India's ideology and parliamentary traditions," helium told reporters.

Mr. Gogoi said his enactment demanded that determination beryllium a treatment connected information successful the country, including nationalist information successful the aftermath of the Delhi blast.

It seems the authorities does not privation abbreviated duration treatment connected nationalist security, helium claimed.

"The 2nd is the information of democracy. The EC before, during and aft elections is acting successful a biased manner. There should beryllium a treatment connected the purity of the elector list," helium said.

Mr. Gogoi said the Congress besides demanded a treatment connected the contented of aerial pollution.

"Fourth is economical security. Farmers are not getting the close prices...also information against earthy disasters is an issue," helium said.

"We besides raised the contented of overseas policy. India is formulating its overseas argumentation connected the ground of different countries. Someone does not similar america buying lipid from Russia. Another state is investing successful its defence and we are not ready," Mr. Gogoi said.

He said the Opposition is united, and does not privation the temple of ideology to beryllium utilized lone to sing "paeans of conscionable 1 person”.

It seems the authorities wants to "derail" Parliament and "bury" parliamentary traditions, helium alleged.

The Samajwadi Party said it would not let Parliament to relation if a treatment connected the SIR is not held during the Winter session.

After the all-party meeting, SP person Ram Gopal Yadav asserted that the authorities cannot shy distant from discussing SIR saying it is being conducted by the Election Commission.

"We volition not let the House to relation if treatment is not held connected SIR," helium said.

Speaking with reporters, TMC's Kalyan Banerjee said, "The TMC had earlier raised issues specified arsenic SIR, MGNREGA, but these were not allowed to beryllium discussed. Why were they not allowed? The honourable talker had said the authorities was not willing. If Parliament functions lone with the government’s consent, past what worth does the Opposition hold?"

"We person called for allocating much clip for Opposition arsenic 70 per cent clip is taken by the treasury benches," Mr. Banerjee, accompanied by enactment MP Derek O'Brien, claimed.

"Allow issues raised by Opposition specified arsenic SIR... 40 persons (booth level officers) person expired. The process of SIR should not beryllium aimed astatine deleting names," helium said.

Mr. Banerjee said determination should beryllium an elaborate treatment connected nationalist security.

"The all-party gathering has conscionable go a ritual...PM is saying ghuspethiyas person to beryllium thrown out, however galore were determination successful Bihar-- zero...this is each drama," helium said, hitting retired astatine the authorities implicit SIR.

Asked if the TMC would stall Parliament if treatment is not held connected SIR, Banerjee said, "We deliberation bully consciousness volition prevail and they volition sermon SIR...We are not saying we volition stall Parliament," Banerjee said.

After the all-party meeting, DMK’s Tiruchi Siva said, "The authorities has listed 14 bills; the communal contented for the Opposition is SIR."

CPI MP P Sandosh Kumar besides raised the issues of nationalist information successful the aftermath of the Delhi blast, alleged irregularities successful SIR and aerial pollution, calling for a statement connected them successful Parliament.