On the 15th day of the protest, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi, General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, along with TMC's Derek O'Brien, DMK's TR Baalu, NCP(SP)'s Supriya Sule, and other Opposition MPs gathered near Parliament's Makar Dwar
Priyanka Gandhi and INDIA bloc MPs stage T-shirt protest at Parliament premises. Pic/ PTI
Several MPs of the INDIA bloc parties held a protest in the Parliament House complex on Tuesday against the Election Commission's voter roll revision in Bihar.
Many of them wore white T-shirts featuring the name of a "124-year-old voter" allegedly found on the state's voters' list, reported PTI.
On the 15th day of the protest, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi, General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, along with TMC's Derek O'Brien, DMK's TR Baalu, NCP(SP)'s Supriya Sule, and other Opposition MPs from Left parties gathered near Parliament's Makar Dwar. They held posters and raised slogans, demanding a rollback of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
A banner in front of the protesting MPs read "Our Vote. Our Right. Our Fight." Another banner carried by the MPs read: "SIR - Silent Invisible Rigging."
Several MPs, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, were seen wearing white T-shirts with 'Minta Devi' and her photo emblazoned on them, and '124 Not Out' written at the back, reported PTI.
Congress' Manickam Tagore alleged that the EC under Rajeev Kumar and Gyanesh Kumar has become a department of the BJP.
"Minta Devi is a first time voter and she is 124-years-old. The voters list carries her name as a first time voter. We are wanting a discussion on such issues. How EC has become a party to the BJP. The voter list is full of such fraud," he charged while participating in the protest.
The MPs also carried "Stop SIR" and "vote chori" placards along with posters alleging collusion between the EC and the government.
The opposition has been protesting in both Houses of Parliament against the SIR, alleging that the EC's exercise is aimed at "disenfranchising voters" in Bihar ahead of the assembly elections due later this year. They have been demanding a discussion on the issue in both Houses.
As reported by PTI, there has been a logjam in Parliament over the SIR in Bihar. Barring discussions on Operation Sindoor in the two Houses, Parliament has seen little business since the Monsoon session began on July 21 due to repeated adjournments, mostly over the SIR issue.
On Monday, opposition MPs, including Rahul Gandhi, Kharge, and Pawar, took out a protest march from the Parliament House to the Election Commission office against the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar and alleged "vote chori," but were stopped midway by the police and briefly detained amid high drama.
As opposition MPs, wearing white caps with a red cross on the words 'SIR' and "vote chori," started walking from Parliament's Makar Dwar to the EC office, carrying placards and banners, they were stopped by the police who set up barricades outside the PTI Building, reported PTI.
Many MPs sat on the road and raised slogans, while some women parliamentarians climbed the barricades. They were later taken away by police in buses lined up along the road and brought to the Parliament Street Police Station. However, all the MPs were later released.
(Inputs from PTI)
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