All Party Meeting: Before the winter session of Parliament, an all-party meeting has been called on Sunday, while a meeting of INDIA Block Floor Leaders will be held on Monday. The government is expecting cooperation in the smooth conduct of the session. The opposition is preparing to make SIR an issue.
Parliament Winter Session: Before the start of the winter session of Parliament, political activities have intensified in Delhi. Every party, from the government to the opposition, is finalizing its strategy. In this context, an all-party meeting has been called at 11 am on Sunday, so that the session can run smoothly and the discussion on important bills can proceed. This meeting, to be held just before the beginning of the session, is being considered very important, because this time there are many issues on which the opposition is preparing to corner the government.
Sunday all-party meeting, Monday India Block meeting
The all-party meeting will be held on Sunday morning at 11 am. There will be a Business Advisory Committee meeting of Lok Sabha-Rajya Sabha at 4 pm. After this, there will be a meeting of INDIA Block Floor Leaders on Monday at 10 am. The government is expecting that all parties will cooperate in ensuring uninterrupted functioning of both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. This session will continue till December 19 and several important bills are listed for discussion and passing.
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Will SIR issue become the biggest storm of the Parliament session?
Trinamool Congress (TMC) and India Block parties are preparing to raise SIR (Special Intensive Revision) prominently in the winter session of Parliament. Senior TMC leader Derek O’Brien has said that ‘the fast-paced process of SIR has led to fear, fatigue and even deaths at many places among booth level officers (BLOs) and citizens.’ They allege that the SIR exercise is being implemented with ‘arbitrary deadlines’ and ‘inhumane pressure’, especially in West Bengal.
TMC questions why so much strictness on Bengal?
TMC has raised many big questions, O’Brien asked why West Bengal was kept under the most ‘intensive scrutiny’? He asked that when Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal, Nagaland and Manipur are also international border states, why were they completely exempted from SIR? Assam, whose situation is similar to Bengal in many respects, has also been kept in the light revision category. O’Brien claims that this move points towards systematic pruning of Bengalis in the voter list.
Ground reality of SIR
According to government data, 7.64 crore forms were distributed, of which 82% data is recorded in digital form. Door-to-door verification of 99.8% voters has been completed. This shows that the SIR campaign in West Bengal is almost over. The second phase of SIR at the national level has started from November 4, covering 9 states and 3 union territories. The first phase was completed before the elections in Bihar. The final voter list will be published on 7 February 2026.