Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, among other MPs from the INDIA bloc parties, protest during the Monsoon session of Parliament in New Delhi on July 25, 2025.
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Several MPs of the INDIA bloc parties, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi, on Friday (July 25, 2025) held an unusual protest in the Parliament House complex against the voter roll revision in Bihar by tearing posters with ‘SIR’ (Special Intensive Revision) written on them and putting them in a ‘disposal bin’.
They also staged a protest march in the Parliament House complex, demanding the rollback as well as a discussion on the issue in both houses.
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Ahead of the start of the day’s proceedings, several MPs of the Opposition, including those of the Congress, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Samajwadi Party, Trinamool Congress (TMC), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Left parties, carried out a protest march with the banner ‘SIR- Loktantra par Var’.
Then in front of the Makar Dwar steps, a bin was placed and one by one the Opposition leaders, including Mr. Kharge and Mr. Gandhi, tore the poster with SIR written on it and put it in the bin as a symbolic rejection of the exercise.
The MPs also raised slogans like “Save democracy” and “Stop vote-bandi”.
The Opposition have been protesting in both houses of Parliament against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), alleging the ECI’s exercise was aimed at disenfranchising voters in Bihar ahead of the Assembly elections.
Published – July 25, 2025 11:48 am IST
