Violent debate on election reforms in Rajya Sabha: Opposition leaders raised sharp questions, Deve Gowda said – will have to suffer losses on the contrary

By Samira Vishwas On Dec 16, 2025

New Delhi, 15 December. During the discussion on election reforms in Rajya Sabha on Monday during the winter session of Parliament, the opposition launched a fierce attack and raised sharp questions at the ruling party and the Election Commission. Opposition leaders raised many important and serious issues in the House like anomalies in the SIR process, bias, improvement in anti-defection law.

Full confidence in the action of the Election Commission , AIADMK MP Thambidurai

Participating in the debate after the start of it, AIADMK MP M Thambidurai said that he has full confidence in the action of the Election Commission. The cleanliness of the voter list is extremely important for democratic transparency.

If the allegation of vote theft continues then… Deve Gowda

On the other hand, on behalf of JDS, former PM HD Deve Gowda told the opposition parties that if they continue with their allegations of vote theft, they will have to bear the loss. He said that the opposition people are making fun of the Prime Minister on the streets and on many forums. He said that when Congress leaders Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi had got a huge majority, the opposition had never done this to them. He also said that there were anomalies in the electoral process even during the time of Pandit Nehru.

cpm Leader John Brittas said – Sir should be named Amit Shah Intensive Revision

CPM leader John Brittas launched a scathing attack on the ruling party and said that SIR should be named Amit Shah Intensive Revision. However, during this time he held both Congress and BJP responsible for the amendment in FCRA in the year 2014. He said that he should have been held responsible for this.

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BRS’s R Suresh Reddy said that not fulfilling the promises made in the election manifesto is a fraud on the voters. He said that his party BRS demands reforms in the anti-defection law.

JDU MP Sanjay Jha surrounded the then UPA government of Manmohan Singh

However, while answering the question of opposition MPs, JDU MP Sanjay Jha gave the example of 2005 Bihar Assembly elections and said that at that time there was a fractured mandate in the Assembly. He said that Nitish Kumar had also got support to form the government. But after this, the UPA government led by the then PM Manmohan Singh at the Center imposed President’s rule in the state through a cabinet meeting held at midnight. He sarcastically said that no MLA took the oath. Those former MLAs are not called former MLAs but are called unprecedented MLAs because they could not take oath.

Congress MP Digvajiya Singh attacked

After this, Congress MP Digvajiya Singh launched a scathing attack and said that summary review is done four times a year, so what is the need for SIR. Regarding RSS, he asked the ruling party whether RSS is registered. Digvijay Singh has also claimed that Union Minister Amit Shah is not a member of RSS.

Union Minister Arjun Meghwal also replied

On this, Union Minister Arjun Meghwal said that Digvijay had misrepresented his statement and Shah has clearly said in this regard that he belongs to RSS and is proud of it. Sandeep Pathak of Aam Aadmi Party raised the question of transparency in political funding. Taking part in the debate, Congress MP Randeep Surjewala termed SIR as selective ideological removal.

BJP MP Samik Bhattacharya mentioned former PM Manmohan Singh

BJP MP Samik Bhattacharya, referring to an old speech of former PM Manmohan Singh, said that India is against illegal immigration, no matter from where. He said that illegal immigration should not be encouraged. MP Kapil Sibal said that BJP itself brings reforms and then violates them.

There should not be one nation, one election, one party, one outcome. Union Minister Arjun Meghwal targeted Congress, saying that Ambedkar had lost in the by-election of Bhandara in 1954. At that time he had lost to Congress and now Congress is using his name.