Opposition demands discussion on ‘voter list discrepancies’ | India News

NEW DELHI: Led by Congress and Trinamool Congress, opposition events Monday demanded a discussion in Parliament on alleged discrepancies in voter lists, with Rahul Gandhi elevating the difficulty in Lok Sabha.
Bringing up the matter throughout zero hour, Rahul stated a number of states had discovered discrepancies in voter lists. “Voter lists are being questioned across country and the entire opposition has been demanding a discussion on the matter. Questions have been raised by opposition in one voice in every state, including Maharashtra,” he stated. Congress, nonetheless, did not convey it up in Rajya Sabha when occasion president Mallikarjun Kharge was not allowed to lift the matter.
Later, Kharge posted on X, “The abrupt and unwarranted deletion of voters, presence of duplicate EPIC numbers, and other such crucial issues affecting integrity of our electoral process require urgent attention and discussion in Parliament.” SP, AAP and RJD too stated it was a particularly severe matter and Parliament wanted to take it up.
TMC’s Saugata Roy demanded a radical revision of voter lists, significantly forward of meeting elections in Bengal and Assam subsequent yr. “There are some serious flaws. This has been pointed out with respect to Maharashtra, which had inflated voter lists. This was pointed out in Haryana. They are now trying to jump into Bengal and Assam where elections are due next year,” Roy claimed.
Party MP Kalyan Banerjee sought motion towards EC and stated the ballot physique had “failed” to conduct honest and clear elections over the previous few years.
He stated the West Bengal CM had already drawn the EC’s consideration to quite a few cases of “duplicate” voter playing cards.
Nadda flags oppn bid to lift issues through Rule 267
Leader of the House in RS J P Nadda Monday stated govt is prepared for discussion on any situation and questioned opposition’s intent over making an attempt to lift issues by way of Rule 267 which requires suspension of scheduled enterprise to debate pressing issues.
He termed apply of opposition MPs giving notices below Rule 267 regardless of elaborate rulings by the chairman on the difficulty a “vicious design to demean Parliament”.
Harivansh didn’t permit chief of opposition Mallikarjun Kharge to make his submission. Opposition MPs then protested for some time earlier than strolling out.
Condemning the walkout, Nadda stated opposition was not occupied with debate and when their notices had been rejected by the chair primarily based on earlier rulings, they needed to present an impression that govt didn’t wish to reply queries.
“Govt under PM Modi is ready to discuss anything under this roof. But there are rules & regulations for debates in the House,” Nadda stated, additional including that MPs will get a chance to lift their points throughout the debate on Union Budget over the following 10 days.