Parliament monsoon session Day 5 LIVE updates on July 25, 2025
Soon after the lower house sat for the day, Speaker Om Birla had to adjourn proceedings when Opposition members raised slogans, entered the Well of the House and also displayed placards. Addressing senior Congress leader K.C. Venugopal, Mr. Birla said it was not the culture of his party to indulge in sloganeering in the House and lamented about crores of tax payers' money being wasted.
While the Lok Sabha which reconvened at about 2 p.m. was adjourned after the Opposition continued to protest over the SIR, Rajya Sabha had a brief period of calm, as the House bid farewell to six retiring members from Tamil Nadu — M. Mohamed Abdulla (DMK), N. Chandrasegharan (AIADMK), Anbumani Ramadoss (PMK), M. Shanmugam (DMK), Vaiko (MDMK) and P. Wilson (DMK). Mr. Wilson has been re-elected and will be returning to the upper house.
Shortly after the farewell addresses ended, the Opposition resumed its protest demanding a debate on SIR forcing an adjournment till 2 p.m. When it reconvened post lunch, the Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2025 was taken up for discussion. Opposition MPs continued their protest and raised slogans demanding that the SIR exercise be stopped and the House was adjourned for the day.
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