Parliament Winter Session Day 13 Live Updates: Cong misleading country against SIR to pacify its cadres on poll losses, says Nadda

Lok Sabha proceedings are underway during the winter session of the Parliament, in New Delhi. (Source: Sansad TV/ANI)

Parliament Winter Session Today Live Updates: Union Minister J P Nadda on Tuesday accused the Congress of misleading the country by creating a false narrative of rigging of votes through SIR process and said the Opposition is hurting national interest by questioning the Election Commission in order to hide its electoral failures. Instead of blaming the Election Commission (ECI) and electoral process, Nadda, who is the leader of the Upper House, asked the Congress to find the actual reason for its successive defeats in elections. Launching a scathing attack on the Congress in the Rajya Sabha, he said the party was raising questions on the credibility of the ECI over the conduct of special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, which was its constitutional mandate, but never raised questions when the functioning of the ECI was “controlled” by it for several years.

Lok Sabha passes bill to raise FDI to 100% in insurance sector: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill to raise FDI in the insurance sector to 100 per cent, with a view to providing insurance to all by 2047. Replying to a debate on the Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, 2025, in the Lower House. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said higher FDI will attract more players in the industry and make insurance policies more affordable. “Monopoly doesn’t give us that advantage, and therefore, the more the competition, the better the rates,” she added. “Another priority which our government has given is to strengthen the public sector insurance companies…since 2014, we have been doing a lot of things to improve their financial health,” the minister said.

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