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Standoff betwixt the authorities and the absorption implicit the request for a statement connected peculiar intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls continued connected Tuesday (December 2, 2025), with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju refusing to springiness a timeline for the debate, adjacent though helium said the authorities was acceptable to person a discussion.
Opposition parties demanded that the treatment should beryllium held connected SIR by giving it precedence implicit different business, portion the Parliamentary Affairs Minister stressed that the statement connected 'Vande Mataram' would beryllium taken up first.
As the authorities refused to springiness penchant to the statement connected SIR, Opposition MPs raised slogans successful the Upper House and aboriginal staged a walkout.
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Pressing for a treatment connected SIR, leaders from Congress, TMC, DMK, AAP, SP and CPI(M) had met Mr. Rijiju connected Tuesday (December 2, 2025). They had demanded that the authorities denote the clip for a statement connected electoral reforms connected the level of the House.
As the Rajya Sabha met astatine 2 p.m. aft adjournment, Mr. Rijiju said a statement connected 'Vande Mataram' has been listed successful the gathering of the Business Advisory Committee, and would beryllium taken up earlier 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.
In response, Trinamool Congress person Derek O'Brien raised a constituent of order, and said, "More than 14 absorption parties privation treatment connected a peculiar contented due to the fact that radical are dying due to the fact that of SIR".
Leader of Opposition successful Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said galore parties person demanded a treatment nether Rule 267, and it should get precedence implicit different business.
"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..." Mr. Kharge said.
"Keeping speech each different businesses, the House should instrumentality up Rule 267 treatment connected SIR," helium said.
The Congress person added, "Vande Mataram comes from america not from them.”
Chairman CP Radhakrishnana nevertheless said, "Vande Mataram is for everyone".
DMK's Tiruchi Siva and CPI(M)'s John Brittas besides demanded that the treatment connected electoral reforms should instrumentality spot first.
As the Chairman proceeded with different business, Opposition leaders started raising slogans demanding a treatment connected the SIR issue. Opposition MPs past staged a walkout from the House.
