Parliament winter session 2025 highlights: Lok Sabha to discuss electoral refoem on Dec 9-10

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Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: Samajwadi Party MP Dharmendra Yadav on Tuesday said that a consensus was reached during the Business Advisory Committee meeting and the all-party floor leaders’ meeting on holding an extensive debate on electoral reforms, the special intensive revision (SIR) and issues faced by booth-level officers (BLOs).

“In the BAC meeting and all-party meeting today, an agreement has been reached. It was decided that from electoral reforms to SIR to BLOs' issue and all other issues will be discussed in detail. The discussion will be taken up next week, and 10 hours have been allotted for it,” he said, reported news agency ANI.

Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday reiterated that the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is an administrative exercise carried out by the Election Commission (EC) and should not be isolated from the larger debate on election-related reforms.

While talking to news agency ANI, he responded to the Opposition’s demand for a standalone discussion on SIR, Rijiju said, “...Election Commission reform is a larger issue which is conducted by the Govt and discussed in the Parliament. Parliament makes laws. So, for bigger reforms in the Election Commission and Election process, Parliament takes up all the matters.”

He emphasised that SIR falls squarely within the EC’s administrative domain.

Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: Floor leaders of the INDIA bloc will meet at 9.45 am on Wednesday in Parliament to finalise their strategy for the ongoing Winter Session, according to news agency ANI.

Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick off the debate on 150 years of Vande Mataram in the Lok Sabha, Congress leader K Suresh said after a meeting with Speaker Om Birla. The House is scheduled to take up the Vande Mataram discussion on December 8, followed by a two-day debate on electoral reforms on December 9 and 10.

Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: The Lok Sabha has scheduled a debate on Vande Mataram for December 8, followed by a two-day discussion on electoral reforms on December 9 and 10.

Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: Amid Opposition protests over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) issue, the Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day on Tuesday and will reconvene at 11 am on December 3, 2025.

Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has convened a meeting of party leaders at 3 pm on Tuesday in his Parliament House chamber in an effort to break the ongoing deadlock, according to sources cited by news agency ANI.

They said the Speaker has called floor leaders for discussions aimed at resolving the repeated disruptions that have stalled proceedings in the House.

Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: Responding to Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge, who sought an immediate discussion on SIR in the Rajya Sabha, Rijiju reiterated that the government was prepared for dialogue but would not accept deadline-driven conditions.

“Please don't put timeline condition on anything,” he said, adding that consultations with leaders of various parties would take place “formally or informally” before the House takes up the matter.

He stressed that Parliament must function through dialogue. “The problem begins when you start questioning the time. Everything cannot be mechanical. In Parliamentary democracy, we have to engage in dialogue, we have to engage in discussion,” he said, reported news agency PTI.

Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: Amid Opposition sloganeering over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) issue, the Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day on Tuesday and will reconvene at 11 am on December 3, 2025.

Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: Amid the ongoing stalemate between the Opposition parties and the Centre over the SIR of electoral rolls, Rajya Sabha floor leaders are set to meet again on Wednesday.

Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: Following the union minister Kiren Rijiju's criticism of the Opposition for disrupting the winter session of the Parliament, Congress Rajya Sabha MP Renuka Chaudhary called him "nalayak" (useless), adding that he doesn't know how to run the House. “Do they want us to do yes, sir and no, sir? This will not work. We are MPs, and it is our duty to raise people's voices,” she said.

Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took a dig at NDA leaders after they criticised Rajya Sabha MP Renuka Chaudhary for bringing a dog to the Parliament. “Dog is the main topic today, I believe. What did the poor dog do? Are dogs not allowed here? Pets are allowed inside. Maybe pets are not allowed here. I guess these are the things that India is discussing these days,” he said as he made a cryptic remark.

Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: Slamming the Congress for its repeated demands for SIR debate in the Parliament, union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan challenged the grand old party to discuss related to farmers. “The Congress is 140 years old, but it behaves like a child. They have no understanding of issues. The people of Bihar have already given their answer to SIR. Does the Opposition and the Congress want to protect infiltrators? They have no concern for public issues. Today, there should have been a discussion on farmers' issues, on village issues. If you have the guts, then discuss them and corner the government. The Opposition has neither direction nor issues,” he said.

Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: As House proceedings were disrupted on day of the winter session on Tuesday, union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju appealed to Opposition MPs to allow the House to function, amid continued protests demanding a discussion on SIR. “We have repeatedly urged to hold discussions in a peaceful and disciplined manner. We have always said that to raise one issue, you can't compromise on other issues. It is not right for some parties to disrupt the House,” he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: As the House proceedings remain adjourned on day two of the winter session, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the government is not ready to hold discussion on any of the issues such as the SIR and air pollution. "We have been demanding a discussion on so many issues, SIR, air pollution and others, since the last session. But they (govt) are not ready to hold a discussion on any issue. So should we remain silent?..." she said.

Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: Rajya Sabha proceedings have been adjourned till 2pm after Opposition MPs raised slogans while demanding discussion on SIR of electoral rolls on day two of the winter session of the Parliament.

Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: Congress MP Hibi Eden sought a discussion on the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls in Kerala and other states as he said the process of conducting the SIR is aimed at "towards violating the fundamental rights of the people of Kerala and an attempt to “disturb the process of free and fair elections” in Kerala which are scheduled for next year.

Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: As Opposition protested against the SIR in Parliament today, JD(U) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha took a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his campaign against the SIR. “SIR was conducted in Bihar in a month's time. The Opposition leader took out a 16-day yatra against it, but what was the result? It is before the country,” Jha said.

Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: Lok Sabha proceedings have been adjourned till 12 noon on day two of the winter session of the Parliament as Opposition MPs entered the well of the House demanding debate on the SIR issue.

Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: Amid the ongoing protest over the SIR debate in the Parliament, Opposition MPs on Tuesday raised slogans of “vote chor, gaddi chhor” as they demanded a discussion on SIR in Lok Sabha on day two of the winter session of the Parliament.

Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: Leaders of the Opposition parties are holding a protest outside the Parliament building as they seek to hold a debate on the SIR of electoral rolls in the House. Visuals shared by news agency ANI showed several opposition leaders, including Congress's Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, outside the Parliament building, holding placards as they protested against the SIR on the second day of the winter session.

Parliament Winter Session 2025 Live Updates: Ahead of day two of winter session of the Parliament, Congress President and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge said the protest to save democracy and against injustice will continue.

Union minister Kiren Rijiju said that the opposition cannot use issues as ‘weapons’ in parliament.
“There is no need for the opposition to search for and manufacture issues. Several matters are already planned for discussion in the session, some of which have also been raised by the opposition. However, these issues cannot be used as a weapon in Parliament.”

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi said that the opposition wants to run parliament smoothly but added that the NDA government was "running away" from questions.
“We want the House to function smoothly, as there are several agendas and promises made to the people of this country that remain undelivered...The biggest drama of democracy, scripted, produced, and directed by the BJP, is being played out in every assembly and Parliament... It is unfortunate that a government capable of answering many questions is instead running away from accountability and delivery,” she told PTI.