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IN PHOTOS: Sonia, Kharge, Rahul, Akhilesh join Opposition protest over SIR

Updated On: 28 July, 2025 02:20 PM IST | Anushree Gaikwad

Several MPs of the INDIA bloc parties, including Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, protested in the Parliament House complex on Monday against the Election Commission`s voter roll revision in Bihar, and demanded its rollback. (PIC/ PTI)

Several MPs of the INDIA bloc parties, including Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, protested in the Parliament House complex on Monday against the Election Commission`s voter roll revision in Bihar, and demanded its rollback. (PIC/ PTI)

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Several MPs of the INDIA bloc parties, including Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, protested in the Parliament House complex on Monday against the Election Commission`s voter roll revision in Bihar, and demanded its rollback. (PIC/ PTI)
<p>Ahead of the day`s proceedings in Parliament, top opposition MPs, including Sonia Gandhi, Kharge, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Samajwadi Party`s Akhilesh Yadav, TMC`s Derek O`Brien and Sagarika Ghose, DMK`s Kanimozhi and A Raja, besides others, raised slogans and protested against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar</p>

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Ahead of the day`s proceedings in Parliament, top opposition MPs, including Sonia Gandhi, Kharge, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Samajwadi Party`s Akhilesh Yadav, TMC`s Derek O`Brien and Sagarika Ghose, DMK`s Kanimozhi and A Raja, besides others, raised slogans and protested against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar

<p>With `Stop SIR` placards in hand, several MPs of the opposition, including those of the Congress, DMK, TMC, Samajwadi Party, RJD and Left parties, participated in the protest and raised slogans</p>

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With `Stop SIR` placards in hand, several MPs of the opposition, including those of the Congress, DMK, TMC, Samajwadi Party, RJD and Left parties, participated in the protest and raised slogans

<p>The opposition has been protesting in both Houses of Parliament against the SIR, alleging the EC`s exercise was aimed at "disenfranchising voters" in Bihar ahead of the Assembly elections</p>

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The opposition has been protesting in both Houses of Parliament against the SIR, alleging the EC`s exercise was aimed at "disenfranchising voters" in Bihar ahead of the Assembly elections

<p>They have been demanding a discussion on the issue in both Houses</p>

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They have been demanding a discussion on the issue in both Houses

<p>There was a huge banner in front of them which read `SIR- Attack on Democracy` as they lined up on and near the steps of the Makar Dwar of Parliament and staged a protest for the fifth consecutive day</p>

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There was a huge banner in front of them which read `SIR- Attack on Democracy` as they lined up on and near the steps of the Makar Dwar of Parliament and staged a protest for the fifth consecutive day

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