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Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju connected Monday (December 1, 2025) asserted successful the Rajya Sabha that the authorities is not averse to holding a treatment connected SIR oregon electoral reforms, arsenic helium asked the Opposition not to importune connected mounting a timeline.
He was responding to Opposition members who were demanding an contiguous treatment connected the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls oregon electoral reforms successful the House.
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Not satisfied with the Minister's response, members of respective absorption parties staged a walkout from the Upper House.
Responding to the Opposition parties' request to commencement an contiguous treatment connected the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls oregon electoral reforms, the Minister sought much clip to respond to the matter.
Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan earlier disallowed the notices fixed by 9 Opposition members connected respective issues, including a treatment connected SIR nether regularisation 267, starring to protests by the Opposition.
The Chairman aboriginal asked members to rise their Zero Hour mentions.
"Nobody is undermining immoderate substance which was brought retired by the Opposition enactment yesterday successful the all-party gathering oregon Business Advisory Committee (BAC) today. What I americium saying is, it is nether the information of the government," Mr. Rijiju said.
"...if you enactment a information that it has to beryllium taken up contiguous itself, past it becomes difficult, due to the fact that you person to springiness definite space," helium added.
The Minister informed that definite Opposition parties raised matters different than the SIR and stressed the request to support their rights arsenic well.
"However, I americium saying again, the substance related to immoderate you telephone it, peculiar intensive revision oregon electoral reforms oregon whatever. I person stated earlier the opening of the wintertime league that the authorities is not averse to taking up treatment connected anything," Mr. Rijiju said.
"Please springiness america immoderate clip portion determination are different businesses, which are listed, that tin beryllium taken up. The demand, which you person enactment forward, has not been rejected. So, don't presume that the authorities is not acceptable to sermon immoderate matter," the Minister said, adding that "Please bash not enactment a information connected the timeline".
Earlier, Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge demanded that the treatment should commencement immediately.
He besides asked the ruling enactment not to disagreement absorption parties. "Don't disagreement us. If you effort to disagreement us, we volition beryllium stronger." TMC person Derek O'Brien called for the commencement of a treatment connected electoral reforms with contiguous effect, portion CPI (M) subordinate John Brittas said the Parliamentary Affairs Minister should honour his words and the House should clasp a treatment connected electoral reforms.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) had announced SIR successful Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
Among these, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, and West Bengal volition spell to the polls successful 2026. In Assam, wherever polls are besides owed successful 2026, the revision of electoral rolls was announced separately. It is being called 'Special Revision'.
