16-hour Op Sindoor debate: From Rajnath Singh to Rahul Gandhi — the MPs set to speak in Lok Sabha

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Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, TMC MP Derek O'Brien and other INDIA bloc parliamentarians stage a protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, during the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi,Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, TMC MP Derek O'Brien and other INDIA bloc parliamentarians stage a protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, during the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi. (PTI)

The second week of the Monsoon session of the Parliament began on a stormy note Monday, even as the Lok Sabha geared up for a 16-hour discussion on Operation Sindoor. The Opposition sought an assurance from the government  on a debate on the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls (SIR) in Bihar soon.

Lok Sabha has been adjourned thrice till 2 pm amid the ruckus, with Opposition MPs entering the Well of the Lower House. Speaker Om Birla repeatedly reprimanded the behaviour, saying: “Do you not want the discussion on Operation Sindoor?”

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is set to initiate the “special discussion on India’s strong, successful and decisive ‘Operation Sindoor’ in response to the terror attack in Pahalgam”, while Congress Deputy Leader in the LS Gaurav Gogoi is to speak first from the opposition camp today, sources told The Indian Express.

Here’s the list of leaders who are going to take part in the Operation Sindoor debate:

NameParty
Rajnath Singh BJP
Baijayant Panda BJP
Dr S Jaishankar BJP
Tejasvi Surya BJP
Sanjay Jaiswal BJP
Anurag Thakur BJP
Kamaljeet Sehrawat BJP
Gaurav Gogoi INC
Priyanka Vadra INC
Deepender Hooda INC
Praniti Shinde INC
Saptagiri Ulaka INC
Bijendra Ola INC
Lavu Srikrishna TDP
Harish Balyogi TDP
Ramashankar Rajbhar SP
Chhotelal SP
Kalyan Banerjee AITC
Sayoni Ghosh AITC
K Francis George KC
A. Raja DMK
Kanimozhi DMK
Amar Kale NCP-SP
Supriya Sule NCP-SP

‘Oppn running away’: Rijiju

Amid the repeated adjournments, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said the opposition was running away from a discussion on Operation Sindoor, a debate they have been pressing for since the April 22 Pahalgam attack.

Ahead of proceedings on Monday morning, Rijiju requested the Opposition, “especially the Congress”, to not participate in a manner that could harm national interests. They should not “speak Pakistan’s language”, he added.

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