From the Opposition benches, LoP Rahul Gandhi, Congress leaders Gaurav Gogoi, Manish Tewari, SP’s Akhileh Yadav, NCP’s Supriya Sule, and TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee will be speakers among others.Asked about the Opposition’s demand that Parliament discuss the Special Intensive Revision of Bihar electoral rolls, he said all issues cannot be taken up at once and the Centre will take a call on other matters gradually.Asked if PM Modi will speak in Parliament during the discussion, another key demand of the Opposition, Rijiju said the government cannot decide the speakers of opposition parties, and vice versa.He expressed hope that the Opposition will allow Parliament to function from next week, lamenting the waste of resources and efforts going into preparing answers for the questions to be asked by MPs during the Question Hour, which did not take place in the first week due to protests. One has to follow the rules guiding discussion in Parliament, Rijiju said.Speaking to this newpapers, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said the government had to agree for a debate on Pahalgam attack and Operation Sindoor because of the consistent demand by the Opposition. However, he said the government was non-committal on discussing SIR. “The government cited technical issues in discussing SIR. They say the EC is carrying out the exercise,” he said.
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