Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla conducts proceedings in the House amid protest by opposition members in the well on the first day of the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, December 1. (Sansad TV via PTI Photo)
Winter Session: Govt not averse to discussing SIR, says Rijiju
Day 1 begins on expected lines: both Houses adjourned over SIR protests, chaos
The first day of the Winter session witnessed repeated adjournments of the Lok Sabha and an Opposition walkout from the Rajya Sabha over the demand for a debate on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, as the government asserted that it is not averse to a discussion, but a timeline could not be set.
PM blasts Opposition ahead of session
Interacting with reporters in Parliament House complex before the start of the session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at the Opposition, accusing it of turning Parliament into a "warm-up arena" for elections or as an outlet to vent out frustration after defeat, and offered to give them tips to bring positivity in politics.
He said Parliament was not a place for drama but delivery.
FM introduces two bills
In the Lok Sabha, amid disruptions, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced two new bills that seek to repurpose levies on 'sin goods' such as tobacco, pan masala and related products.
The bills were introduced ahead of the scheduled phaseout of the GST compensation cess levied on them.
Rijiju on SIR in Rajya Sabha
In the Rajya Sabha, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju asserted that the government is not averse to discussing SIR or electoral reforms and asked the Opposition not to insist on setting a timeline.
He was responding to Opposition members who were demanding an immediate discussion on the SIR or electoral reforms in the House.
Not satisfied with the minister's response, members of several Opposition parties staged a walkout from the Upper House.
Responding to the Opposition parties' demand to start an immediate discussion on the ongoing SIR exercise in nine states and three Union Territories, Rijiju sought more time to respond to the matter.
Rajya Sabha Chairperson C P Radhakrishnan, the Vice President of India, had earlier disallowed notices given by nine Opposition members on several issues, including a discussion on SIR, leading to protests by the Opposition.
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- 1 Dec 2025 1:18 PM IST
Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025 introduced in Lok Sabha
The Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025, seeks to levy cess on the production of specified goods like pan masala.
The government may notify any other goods on whose manufacturing such a cess can be levied.
- 1 Dec 2025 12:49 PM IST
Chirag Paswan slams Opposition MPs for raising a ruckus over political image
"...When I came here in 2014, even if there was a day's adjournment, I would feel pained that I couldn't raise the issues of my constituency. Be it Question Hour, Zero Hour, participating in various topics, or participating in debates. In such a situation, you snatch the opportunity from those who have come for the first time. You snatch their opportunity, which is wrong. If you want to raise an issue, the floor of the House is for that too. You can raise your issues in the House through various means. But if your sole purpose is to create a ruckus and enhance your own political image, then this thinking is against democracy...," says Union Minister Chirag Paswan.
- 1 Dec 2025 12:44 PM IST
CPI(M) MP Brittas asks Chairman to restore debate quality
“At a time when, regardless of their affiliation speak about the diminishing quality of Parliamentary discourse, you have a duty to restore and reinstate the bar and the standard. From 135 sittings a year, we have reached the level of 35 days that too the quality of the due diligence has plummeted to the lowest ever,” CPI(M) MP John Brittas.
- 1 Dec 2025 12:37 PM IST
Congress calls PM Modi 'biggest dramabaaz' after jab
he Congress on Monday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dubbing him the "biggest dramabaaz" after he accused the opposition of indulging in drama in Parliament.
In a statement on X, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said that instead of addressing the real issue of people, Prime Minister Modi has once again made his 'dramebazi delivery".
He said the reality is that the government has been continuously trampling parliamentary decorum and system for the past 11 years, and the long list of such instances is well-known.
"The BJP should now end this drama of distraction and engage in debate in Parliament on the real issues facing the people," Kharge said in his post.
In his remarks before the start of Winter session, Modi said Parliament is not a place for drama, it is a place for delivery instead.
Kharge said the truth is that the common man is struggling with unemployment, inflation, economic inequality, and the looting of the country's precious resources, while "those in power are playing the game of dramabazi in the arrogance of authority".
In the last Monsoon Session alone, at least 12 Bills were passed in haste, some in less than 15 minutes and some without any discussion at all.
"The entire country has previously witnessed how you bulldozed anti-farmer black laws, GST, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and such bills through Parliament in a frantic rush," he said. PTI
- 1 Dec 2025 12:27 PM IST
Nadda calls Kharge's pain irrelevant to felicitation
"We must maintain the dignity of the felicitation program, and it would be good if we discuss it accordingly. If we start discussing the issue that our Leader of the Opposition brought up today, the farewell, and all the other topics, I think it's irrelevant. There will also be discussions from here that you moved a no-confidence motion against him, not once but twice...I think our Leader of the Opposition is very respectable. The defeat in Bihar, Haryana, and Maharashtra has caused you considerable pain. But you should express your pain and suffering to a doctor. You should speak to a doctor when the time comes..." said Leader of House in Rajya Sabha JP Nadda in response to Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge.
- 1 Dec 2025 12:20 PM IST
Lok Sabha adjourned till 2pm amid anti-SIR protests
Lok Sabha adjourned again till 2 pm amid sustained anti-SIR protests and sloganeering by the Opposition.
- 1 Dec 2025 12:19 PM IST
FM Sitharaman introduces Central Excise Bill Lok Sabha amid protests
Amid protests by the Opposition, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduces the Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha.
- 1 Dec 2025 12:18 PM IST
PM Modi leaving Rajya Sabha was insult to Chair: Tiwari
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi left the Rajya Sabha, Congress deputy leader Pramod Tiwari said the PM leaving the floor of the House. At the same time, the Chairman was being felicitated was an insult to the Chair.
- 1 Dec 2025 12:16 PM IST
Rijiju says LoP raising former VP's exit was unnecessary
Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju says it was unnecessary of the LoP to raise the issue of the former Vice President's resignation. As the Opposition rebuts Rijiju, Rijiju says Congress and the Opposition used words against the former VP that damaged the prestige of the Chair.
- 1 Dec 2025 12:12 PM IST
Lok Sabha proceedings resume at 12 pm
Lok Sabha proceedings resume at 12 pm following adjournment due to Opposition ruckus over demands of discyssions during the Zero Hour.
