Parliament Monsoon Session Highlights: Houses adjourned for the day amid Opposition protests

The live updates of the fourth day of Parliament's Monsoon session end here.

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 Live Updates: The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned for the day amid continued disruptions during the Monsoon Session. The House will reconvene at 11 AM on Friday, July 25.

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 Live Updates: Amid continuous chaos and loud sloganeering by Opposition MPs, the Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day on Thursday. The Lower House will reconvene at 11 AM on Friday as disruptions over issues including the Bihar SIR continued to stall proceedings.

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 Live Updates: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi launched a sharp attack on the Election Commission during the Monsoon Session, accusing it of enabling electoral malpractice.

"It is a very serious matter. The Election Commission is not functioning as the Election Commission of India. Today, they have made some statement... this is complete nonsense. The fact of the matter is the Election Commission is not doing its job. Now, we have concrete, 100 per cent proof of Election Commission allowing cheating in a seat in Karnataka," Rahul Gandhi told reporters outside Parliament.

"We just looked at one constituency and we found this. I am absolutely convinced that constituency after constituency this is the drama that is taking place. Thousands and thousands of new voters - how old are they? 50, 45, 60, 65... and this is one thing. Voter deletion, voter addition, new voters who are way above 18 years... we have caught them," he added.

Sending a strong message to the poll body, Rahul Gandhi said: "I want to send a message to the Election Commission, if you think you are going to get away with this, if your officers think they are going to get away with this, you are mistaken. You are not going to get away with this because we are going to come for you."

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 Live Updates: The Rajya Sabha bid farewell to six members from Tamil Nadu whose terms end on Thursday. Those retiring include M Mohamed Abdulla (DMK), N Chandrasegharan (AIADMK), Anbumani Ramadoss (PMK), M Shanmugam (DMK), Vaiko (MDMK), and P Wilson (DMK).

P Wilson, however, has been re-elected to the Upper House.

Deputy Chairman Harivansh, Leader of the House J P Nadda, and other MPs across party lines lauded the retiring members for their contributions to democratic discourse and public life.

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 Live Updates: In the Rajya Sabha today, multiple MPs delivered their farewell speeches as they retire from the Upper House. MDMK leader Vaiko, DMK MPs M Shanmugam and Pudukkottai MM Abdulla, and AIADMK MP N Chandrasegharan addressed the House.

In his speech, Chandrasegharan praised the infrastructure of the new Parliament building, while the other MPs reflected on their tenures.

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 Live Updates: Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 P on Thursday after Opposition MPs disrupted proceedings, demanding a discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar.

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 Live Updates: Rajya Sabha deputy chairman Harivansh Singh has declined all notices seeking a discussion on the resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar from the post of Vice President of India.

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 Live Updates: During the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, Rajya Sabha deputy chairman Harivansh has rejected 30 adjournment notices submitted by Opposition MPs seeking discussions under Rule 267.

Among the rejected notices was one by IUML MP Abdul Wahab, who had demanded a discussion on the "unexpected resignation of Honourable Chairman Rajya Sabha."

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 Live Updates: The Lok Sabha, which began proceedings at 11 AM, was adjourned till 2 PM on Thursday following continued sloganeering by Opposition MPs over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar.

Before adjourning the House, Speaker Om Birla urged Opposition members to avoid disruptions, saying the behaviour "does not meet the standards of the House's dignity." He further said, "Such conduct is not in a party's 'sanskar', but the way new generation is behaving, it is being seen by the entire country."

Earlier, INDIA Bloc MPs protested for the fourth consecutive day, demanding a halt to the SIR being carried out by the Election Commission in poll-bound Bihar.

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 Live Updates: On the Opposition not letting the House run, BJP MP Kangana Ranaut says, "Opposition also has certain responsibilities, but the whole country is watching the way they are behaving. The way they strangle the Constitution and create constant disruptions is on full display. We barely get a chance to speak. Many of my colleagues also struggle just to get a turn, but the House gets adjourned every day. The entire nation is witnessing how they are making a mockery of the Constitution."

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 Live Updates: The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 PM amid ruckus in the House, shortly after it reconvened.

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 Live Updates: Eminent lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the President, takes oath as a member of the Upper House of Parliament.

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 Live Updates: Congress MP KC Venugopal on the issue of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, says, "They are destroying the democracy of this country. There own members are saying that this SIR exercise is an attack on democracy.”

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 Live Updates: Reacting to the ongoing controversy, Congress MP Imran Masood said, "Our Constitution gives us religious freedom. It gives us the right to freely practice our religion... Can they tell how many foreign nationals have they identified? They should put them in jail instead of misleading the country. If anyone has two voter IDs, FIR should be filed against that person... So what is Akhilesh Yadav went inside a mosque? The Imam of that mosque is an MP so he went there to have tea with him. What is the big deal?"

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 Live Updates: Commenting on the ongoing Opposition protests over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said, “It's strange that after three days of Opposition protest, the government is yet to clarify whether they will take up SIR for discussion. They are remaining silent. There is something to hide because they are stealing people's right to exercise their votes.”

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 Live Updates: Opposition MPs, including Congress MP Sonia Gandhi, staged a protest at Parliament’s Makar Dwar on Thursday against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls in Bihar.

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 Live Updates: Reacting to LoP Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi's statement that "elections are being stolen," amid Bihar SIR row in Parliament, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said, “Rahul Gandhi has been saying this for a long time. The Election Commission is not considering his observations.”

"He has said that this kind of anomalies have happened in one of the Karnataka parliamentary segment also. The Election Commission has to take note of this," Parameshwara told reporters in Bengaluru.

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 Live Updates: Congress MPs Akhilesh Prasad Singh and Ranjeet Ranjan, along with AAP’s Sanjay Singh, have given Suspension of Business Notices under Rule 267 in the Rajya Sabha, seeking a discussion on the constitutional and electoral implications of the Bihar voter list revision (SIR).

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 Live Updates: Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan is set to take oath as a Rajya Sabha MP in Delhi on Thursday, reported news agency ANI.

"I am going to take the oath and register my name in Delhi today. I am going to fulfil this duty with honour given to me as an Indian," he told reporters in Chennai.

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 Live Updates: Opposition parties are set to hold another protest at the Parliament premises on Thursday over the SI being carried out by the Election Commission in Bihar, reported news agency ANI.

They have been demanding a debate on the issue in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, moving adjournment motions daily since the Monsoon Session began.

Opposition MPs have also been staging protests on the steps of Parliament, alleging that the revision drive is being used for voter manipulation and deletion of names ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.

Meanwhile, in Bihar, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and party MP Manoj Jha have said there "might" be a discussion on the possibility of a poll boycott.

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 Live Updates: Speaking on the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad criticised the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not addressing key national issues in the House.

"The country is facing several serious issues, and the people want answers. Parliament, the temple of the world's largest democracy, began its Monsoon Session on July 21," he told news agency PTI.

"The people of the country want to hear discussions on major issues and on matters raised by the opposition – be it Pahalgam attack. People want to know what steps the government has taken against terrorism, and where there were lapses," he added.

Prasad further said, "The nation saw how the session began, but instead of addressing these issues, Prime Minister Modi walked out. These questions remain unanswered."

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 4 Live Updates: During today’s proceedings in the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal is set to move The Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Tribes in Assembly Constituencies of the State of Goa Bill, 2024 for passage.

According to news agency ANI, the bill “enables reservation of seats in accordance with article 332 of the Constitution for effective democratic participation of members of Scheduled Tribes and to provide for the readjustment of seats in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa, in so far as such readjustment is necessitated by inclusion of certain communities in the list of the Scheduled Tribes in the State of Goa and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, be taken into consideration.”