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As the Opposition continued to disrupt the Rajya Sabha for a 2nd consecutive time connected Tuesday (December 2, 2025) with demands for an contiguous treatment connected the peculiar intensive revision of electoral rolls, citing the caller suicides of booth level officers, the Union authorities insisted that a treatment connected 150 years of Vande Mataram would travel first.
The Centre maintained that it is not averse to a discussion connected the SIR, but said the Opposition cannot importune connected a date. After a greeting adjournment, Opposition MPs staged a walkout successful the afternoon, raising slogans, saying “SIR par charcha ho (there should beryllium a statement connected SIR).”
Within an hr of convening connected Tuesday morning, proceedings successful the Upper House were adjourned till 2 p.m. pursuing protests against the SIR by Opposition parties. As soon arsenic the laying of papers concluded, Opposition MPs trooped into the good of the House, raising slogans and demanding a treatment connected the elector database revision exercise.
‘Not appropriate’
The protests escalated aft Rajya Sabha Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan rejected 20 notices nether Rule 267 connected 5 antithetic subjects, stating they did not conscionable the procedural requirements. He did not work retired the subjects of these motions which the Opposition flagged. As the Zero Hour proceeded amid the commotion, the Chair adjourned the proceedings till 2 p.m. Amidst the din, Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Manoj K. Jha made a zero hr submission that the Preamble of the Constitution and a summary of B.R. Ambedkar’s effort titled, Annihilation of Caste, should beryllium work retired successful schoolhouse assemblies.
In the afternoon, arsenic soon arsenic the Rajya Sabha met astatine 2 p.m., Trinamool Congress person Derek O’Brien again raised the substance of an SIR debate. In his response, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said the Business Advisory Committee has decided to sermon the 150 years of Vande Mataram and this should precede the statement connected “electoral reforms”.
“Vande Mataram is simply a substance related to our state struggle. Matters related to electoral reforms are besides highly important. There whitethorn beryllium galore much issues that parties would similar to rise successful the House. However, considering that Opposition parties person agreed to rise 1 issue, the authorities is acceptable to instrumentality up a treatment but to person it earlier treatment connected Vande Mataram whitethorn not beryllium appropriate,” helium said.
Priority issue
Mr. O’Brien said much than 14 Opposition parties privation an urgent treatment arsenic radical are dying due to the fact that of the SIR. Leader of Opposition successful Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge added that notices nether Rule 267 were fixed arsenic the substance deserves the contiguous attraction of Parliament. “We person demanded for treatment nether Rule 267... What the Parliamentary Affairs Minister said, immoderate the docket is, it should get priority. Rule 267 says each different issues should beryllium kept speech and archetypal penchant should beryllium given... Otherwise, determination is nary crushed to springiness Rule 267 notice... Keeping speech each different businesses, the House should instrumentality up Rule 267 treatment connected SIR,” Mr. Kharge said. He added that Vande Mataram had anyhow travel from the Congress, and not from the BJP.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP John Brittas said the SIR statement should beryllium taken up connected Wednesday, and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s Tiruchi Siva excessively said the concern demands the urgent attraction of the House.
