Several MPs of the INDIA bloc parties held a protest in the Parliament House complex on Friday (August 8, 2025) against the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar electoral rolls and alleged poll rigging that they dubbed as "vote theft".
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, TMC's Abhishek Banerjee, as well as other opposition MPs from DMK and Left parties, gathered near Parliament's Makar Dwar. They held posters and raised slogans, demanding a rollback of the SIR.
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This was the 13th day of the protest, with the opposition only skipping it on Monday in view of the demise of former Jharkhand chief minister Shibu Soren.
A banner in front of the protesting MPs read "Our Vote. Our Right. Our Fight". Another banner carried by the protesting MPs read "SIR - Silent Invisible Rigging".
