Earlier, Opposition MPs reached the House as the debate was going on Manipur Bills during the post lunch session. Leader of Opposition (LoP) Malliarjun Kharge sought to raise the issue of their protest march. This led to an uproar from the treasury benches and Nadda urged the Chair not to record anything unrelated to the Bills.Meanwhile, opposition MPs kept raising slogans against SIR, and many of them were in the Well of the House, as The Merchant Shipping Bill, 2025 was taken up.Later, Surendra Singh Nagar, who was in the Chair, allowed Kharge to speak, the Congress leader questioned how Bills were being passed in din. “Please clarify this, the Leader of the House is also here, when the House is not in order, and Bills are being passed, how can this happen in democracy? The House should be in order to have a discussion… This is a betrayal of democracy,” he said.Responding to Kharge’s point, Nadda said, “Democracy should be protected, but this House cannot be held hostage. After all, it was discussed in the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) that the Bills will be passed. Today, I am shocked at the role of the Opposition. Those who were talking about Manipur for the last two years, when the Bills were being passed, they were opposing it,” Nadda said.His remarks irked opposition MPs, who staged a walkout from the House. The Merchant Shipping Bill, 2025 was passed with a voice vote amid a walkout. The House was also adjourned for ten minutes amid uproar, before it resumed proceedings at 3 pm. The Rajya Sabha also returned the Manipur Appropriation Bill, 2025, and The Manipur Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2025 following a brief debate on the Bills in Opposition’s absence. The Rajya Sabha also gave its nod to ‘The Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Tribes in Assembly Constituencies of the State of Goa Bill, 2025’ with voice vote without discussion.
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