LS adjourned for the day amid Opposition protests for third consecutive day

The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day at 2 pm on Wednesday, 23 July, amid noisy protests by Opposition members protesting against the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar.

This is the third consecutive day of the Monsoon session that the House has faced disruptions.

Waving placards and raising slogans, Opposition members stormed into the Well of the House during the Question Hour, leading to the adjournment of the proceedings for the day.

Earlier the proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm when the protests and sloganeering continued.

Similar scenes played out when the House reconvened and TDP leader Krishna Prasad Tenneti, who was in the Chair, adjourned the proceedings.

Opposition members raised slogans like "SIR wapas lo (Roll back SIR)".

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.

Speaker Om Birla said the protesting MPs were behaving as if they were on the streets and warned that he would be forced to take "decisive" action against them.

"You should behave in a manner that reflects the hopes and aspirations of the people who have elected you. You should work in a manner and debate and discuss issues that will make people's lives easier. But you have been showing street-like behaviour in Parliament," he said.

Birla also told the members that their behaviour does not behove Parliamentarians.

"The MPs are not supposed to carry placards. If you continue with such acts, I will be forced to take decisive action," he said and asked the members to take their seats.

The House witnessed repeated adjournments and could not function on the first two days of the Monsoon session due to opposition protests over the demand for a discussion on Operation Sindoor and the SIR in Bihar.