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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday (August 3, 2025) separately called on President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. While the details of the meeting were not immediately available, the development comes in amid Bihar SIR stir in Parliament. The Opposition INDIA bloc leaders on Friday (August 1, 2025) had submitted a joint letter, asking for a discussion on SIR in Bihar, to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
Except for a two-day discussion on the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor in both the Houses, parliamentary proceedings have been all but a washout since the Monsoon session began on July 21 as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar has ignited vociferous protests from opposition parties.
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