Kharge, Sonia, Rahul, other Opposition MPs protest against SIR in Parliament complex

Several Opposition leaders, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and erstwhile enactment chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, connected Tuesday (December 2, 2025) staged a protestation successful the Parliament House analyzable against the SIR and demanded a treatment connected electoral reforms.

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The leaders held posters and placards against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls. They besides had a immense banner which work 'Stop SIR-Stop Vote Chori' and raised slogans against the government.

Mr. Kharge, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, Mr. Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, DMK's K. Kanhimozhi, and T.R. Baalu were among the Opposition leaders protesting successful beforehand of Parliament's Makar Dwar.

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The archetypal time of the Winter Session witnessed repeated adjournments of the Lok Sabha and an Opposition walkout from the Rajya Sabha implicit a request for a statement connected the SIR, arsenic the authorities asserted that it is not averse to a discussion, but a timeline cannot beryllium set.

Interacting with reporters successful the Parliament House analyzable earlier the commencement of the session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Monday (December 1, 2025) had deed retired astatine the Opposition, accusing it of turning Parliament into a "warm-up arena" for elections oregon arsenic an outlet to vent retired vexation aft defeat, and offered to springiness them tips to bring positivity successful politics.