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Proceedings of the Lok Sabha are underway during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Wednesday (August 20, 2025). | Photo Credit: ANI

Both Houses will reconvene at 11 a.m. on Thursday (August 21, 2025), marking the last day of the 21-day-long Monsoon Session of the Parliament.

Union Ministers, including Pankaj Chaudhary, Nityanand Rai, Kirti Vardhan Singh, Shantanu Thakur, Ajay Tamta, Sukanta Majumdar, and Murlidhar Mohol, are set to lay papers on the table for their respective Ministries

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Amidst the protest of the Opposition MPs, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday (August 21, 2025) presented three new bills allowing the removal of elected representatives arrested on serious criminal charges and held in custody without bail for more than 30 days.

The Lok Sabha also passed The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, by a voice vote on Wednesday (August 20, 2025). The Bill seeks “to prohibit the offering, operation, facilitation, advertisement, promotion and participation in online money games”, targeting firms that offer fantasy sports and card games where users can deposit and risk money.

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August 21, 2025 10:20
Congress MPs seek debate in Parliament on ‘electoral fraud’, credibility of elections
Congress MPs in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Thursday submitted motions seeking a discussion on alleged electoral fraud and concerns over the “credibility and inclusiveness of electoral systems.”
In the Lok Sabha, Congress whip Manickam Tagore moved an adjournment motion to discuss matters related to the Election Commission, especially the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in poll-bound Bihar.
In his letter to the Lok Sabha Secretary-General, Mr. Tagore alleged, “I seek to move an adjournment motion to bring to the immediate attention of this House an issue of grave constitutional and democratic concern- the widespread manipulation of electoral rolls, the alarming conduct of the Election Commission of India (ECI), and the systematic disenfranchisement of legitimate voters, particularly in the state of Bihar.”
Referring to allegations by party leader Rahul Gandhi, Tagore claimed that “credible reports” have emerged on how legitimate voters are falsely marked as deceased and deleted from the rolls in Bihar.
“Such discrepancies raise serious doubts about intent, transparency and impartiality of the SIR process, which increasingly appears to be a targeted exercise aimed at manipulating voter demographics to benefit the ruling party,” he wrote.
ANI

Published - August 21, 2025

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