The Congress chief said the Special Intensive Review of the electoral rolls is being undertaken by the Election Commission first in Bihar and is to be taken up in West Bengal, Assam and other states.Opposition MPs have been repeatedly asking for an urgent discussion in the House from the first day of the current session, he said.”I, therefore, on my own behalf and on behalf of the Opposition parties in Rajya Sabha, am writing to request you to immediately allow a discussion on this issue that is of paramount concern to crores of voters, especially those belonging to the weaker sections of the society,” Kharge said.Opposition parties have been demanding a discussion on the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar and have been protesting against the exercise in both houses of Parliament.The government has said the matter cannot be discussed on the floor of the House as it is subjudice and deals with the functioning of the Election Commission, which is an autonomous institution.Parliament has not been able to conduct any significant legislative business ever since it met for the Monsoon session on July 21 due to opposition protests over the SIR issue.
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