Parliament Monsoon Session Highlights: Both houses adjourned till Monday

Parliament Monsoon Session 2025 live updates: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday said that the proceedings to remove Justice Yashwant Varma will begin in Lok Sabha. “We shouldn't remain in any doubt, proceedings to remove Justice Yashwant Varma will begin in Lok Sabha,” Kiren Rijiju said.

Parliament Monsoon Session 2025 live updates: The Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day on Friday as the opposition protests continued over the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar. It was for the fifth straight day that no significant legislative business transacted.

After both houses of Parliament were adjourned following the uproar over Bihar SIR, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday convened a meeting of senior leaders of political parties, where it was decided that the House will function smoothly from Monday onwards, parliamentary sources said.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday called for an all-party meeting after the lower house was adjourned amid sloganeering.

During the meeting, there was also a discussion regarding a session on Operation Sindoor. The proposed 16-hour discussion in Parliament is set for July 28.

On protest against Bihar SIR, Bihar Minister Neeraj Kumar Singh Bablu said, "Today is the last day of the Bihar Assembly. The opposition should apologise for their deeds. We are afraid that they might abuse or pelt stones. We wear helmets to the Assembly for our protection. During the tenure of Rabri Devi and Lalu Yadav, there was environment of crime and today there is good governance in the state."

The India bloc MPs, at the Parliament premises, raised slogans against the Centre, chanting "Modi sarkar down down" and "Stop the attack on democracy." The MPs also tore down the posters in a symbolic gesture of rejecting the Bihar SIR.

Meanwhile, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday joined the protest by MPs of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) against the ongoing SIR of voter rolls in poll-bound Bihar. The protest, which entered its fifth consecutive day, was held at Parliament's Makar Dwar.

The opposition is demanding a discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, an exercise initiated by the Election Commission ahead of the state assembly polls due later this year.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday began the session by mentioning that the 26th anniversary of the Kargil War victory will be celebrated tomorrow.

Members of the House observes silence in respect of the bravehearts who made the supreme sacrifice during the 1999 Kargil War.

Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder and actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Friday took oath as a Rajya Sabha Member.

INDIA bloc MPs, including LoP Rahul Gandhi and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, held a protest and raised slogans inside the Parliament premises against the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls (SIR) being carried out in Bihar.

In a written reply in Rajya Sabha on 'Operation Sindoor', MoS MEA Kirti Vardhan singh stated, “Operation Sindoor was launched to respond to a barbaric cross-border terror attack by Pakistan-sponsored terrorists. It focused on dismantling terrorist infrastructure and neutralizing terrorists likely to be sent across to India. India's actions were focused, measured, and non-escalatory.”

“Pakistan, however, attempted targeting Indian civilian areas, in addition to some military facilities. These provocations and escalatory actions by Pakistan were met with a strong and decisive response from the Indian armed forces, inflicting significant damage on the Pakistani military. Subsequently, on 10 May 2025, the Director General of Military Operations of Pakistan approached his Indian counterpart to request for cessation of firing and military activities, which was agreed to later that day,” it added.

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday arrived in the Parliament said there should be transperancy in relation to Bihar SIR.

"They should respond to the allegations. They should provide us with the voters' list, which we have been asking for. There should be transparency. It is a democracy. All political parties should have access to that information. Why is it not being provided?" Vadra said.

On the fifth day of the monsoon session of Parliament, the Lok Sabha is set to discuss key legislations, including the Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Tribes in Assembly Constituencies of the State of Goa Bill and the Merchant Shipping Bill 2024, on Friday.

Several opposition parliamentarians in the Rajya Sabha moved Suspension of Business notices on Thursday, urging a discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in Bihar during the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament.

Several opposition parliamentarians in the Rajya Sabha moved Suspension of Business notices on Thursday, urging a discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in Bihar during the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament.