The second week of the Monsoon session of the Parliament began on a stormy note Monday, even as the Lok Sabha geared up for a 16-hour discussion on Operation Sindoor. The Opposition sought an assurance from the government on a debate on the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls (SIR) in Bihar soon.
Lok Sabha has been adjourned thrice till 2 pm amid the ruckus, with Opposition MPs entering the Well of the Lower House. Speaker Om Birla repeatedly reprimanded the behaviour, saying: “Do you not want the discussion on Operation Sindoor?”
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is set to initiate the “special discussion on India’s strong, successful and decisive ‘Operation Sindoor’ in response to the terror attack in Pahalgam”, while Congress Deputy Leader in the LS Gaurav Gogoi is to speak first from the opposition camp today, sources told The Indian Express.
Here’s the list of leaders who are going to take part in the Operation Sindoor debate:
| Name | Party |
|---|---|
| Rajnath Singh | BJP |
| Baijayant Panda | BJP |
| Dr S Jaishankar | BJP |
| Tejasvi Surya | BJP |
| Sanjay Jaiswal | BJP |
| Anurag Thakur | BJP |
| Kamaljeet Sehrawat | BJP |
| Gaurav Gogoi | INC |
| Priyanka Vadra | INC |
| Deepender Hooda | INC |
| Praniti Shinde | INC |
| Saptagiri Ulaka | INC |
| Bijendra Ola | INC |
| Lavu Srikrishna | TDP |
| Harish Balyogi | TDP |
| Ramashankar Rajbhar | SP |
| Chhotelal | SP |
| Kalyan Banerjee | AITC |
| Sayoni Ghosh | AITC |
| K Francis George | KC |
| A. Raja | DMK |
| Kanimozhi | DMK |
| Amar Kale | NCP-SP |
| Supriya Sule | NCP-SP |
‘Oppn running away’: Rijiju
Amid the repeated adjournments, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said the opposition was running away from a discussion on Operation Sindoor, a debate they have been pressing for since the April 22 Pahalgam attack.
Ahead of proceedings on Monday morning, Rijiju requested the Opposition, “especially the Congress”, to not participate in a manner that could harm national interests. They should not “speak Pakistan’s language”, he added.
