On Monday (August 11, 2025) in the Rajya Sabha, the opposition Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge protested against the demonetisation of three Bills in the opposition’s uproar on the issue of special intensive revision of the voter list in Bihar, protesting that this does not happen in democracy. At the same time, the leader of the House JP Nadda said that democracy must be protected but the House cannot be made hostage.
After a one -time adjournment, the Manipur Budget and Manipur Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill 2025 and the Commercial Ship Transport Bill were approved by the Development of the Upper House at 2 pm.
When the Manipur Budget and Manipur Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill were being discussed in the House briefly, the opposition MPs wanted the Leader of the Opposition to be allowed to speak Mallikarjun Kharge. These members were raising uproar and slogans against the ongoing SIR process in Bihar.
Sitharaman criticized opposition for opposing Manipur’s budget
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman criticized the opposition for opposing Manipur’s budget. He said that the opposition speaks about Manipur, but when his budget and GST Bill is being discussed, he is not only opposing any other issue, but also votes against him. Opposition MPs were heard saying ‘no’ during the voice polling on the bill.
After this, the Minister of Ship Transport and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal introduced the ‘Commerce Shipping Bill, 2025’ to discuss and pass. Meanwhile, Kharge was allowed to speak from the seat. Kharge said that there is no system in the House, there is a ruckus, yet important bills are being passed. He said, “This does not happen in democracy.”
Could not make the house hostage- JP Nadda
On this, the House leader JP Nadda said, “Democracy should be protected. Of course it should be. But the House cannot be held hostage. ”Nadda said that the opposition, who agreed to pass the bill in the work advisory committee, obstructed it. He said that efforts are being made to bring peace in Manipur for two years and today when two Bills of Manipur were discussed in the House, it is surprising to see the behavior of the opposition.
Opposition members protested strongly on this matter of Nadda and the uproar intensified. Presiding Chairman Surendra Singh Nagar adjourned the meeting till 3 o’clock at 50 minutes. When the meeting started again at three o’clock, Kharge started to speak with the permission of the posture. He mentioned the front taken by the opposition on the issue of SIR today and said that this is an important issue.
Kharge could not even complete his talk that the members of the ruling party started protesting. Opposition members objected to this. He walked out of the House, alleging that the Leader of Opposition is not allowed to speak.
Opposition surrounded the issue of Manipur
Nadda said, “This behavior of the opposition is condemnable. The government is ready to discuss every subject. At the beginning of the session, we had said that we are ready to discuss the issue of operation vermilion and Pahalgam attack. During the discussion on these issues, everyone saw how the opposition’s attitude was. ”
The Union Minister said, “It has to be said with sadness that those who were the champions of Manipur today expressed strong opposition instead of discussing the issue of Manipur.” Their attitude is that either they should be heard or they will disrupted. This is not correct.”
After this, after brief discussion, the House passed the re -adjustment bill of “Goa State, Assembly Constituency Scheduled Tribes Representation” after brief discussion. After the passage of this bill, many members raised their issues related to public importance through special mention. After this, the proceedings of the House were adjourned for the whole day at around 04:05 pm.
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