Standoff between the government and the opposition over the demand for a debate on special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls continued on Tuesday (December 2, 2025), with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju refusing to give a timeline for the debate, even though he said the government was ready to have a discussion.
Opposition parties demanded that the discussion should be held on SIR by giving it priority over other business, while the Parliamentary Affairs Minister stressed that the debate on 'Vande Mataram' would be taken up first.
As the government refused to give preference to the debate on SIR, Opposition MPs raised slogans in the Upper House and later staged a walkout.
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Pressing for a discussion on SIR, leaders from Congress, TMC, DMK, AAP, SP and CPI(M) had met Mr. Rijiju on Tuesday (December 2, 2025). They had demanded that the government announce the time for a debate on electoral reforms on the floor of the House.
