Opposition walks out of Rajya Sabha after discussion on duplicate voter ID disallowed

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Opposition walks out of Rajya Sabha after discussion on duplicate voter ID disallowed



While TMC and Congress MPs sought to raise the duplicate voter ID card issue, Tamil parties wanted to discuss the impact of the ensuing delimitation exercise on southern states.Opposition MPs raised slogans and pressed for a discussion.However, they staged a walkout after Harivansh asserted that their notices have not been accepted and nothing that they said was going on record.As many as 10 MPs gave notices under rule 267.Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Mausam B Noo, Sushmita Dev (TMC) and Pramod Tiwari (Congress) have demanded a discussion over the alleged lapse of Election Commission in issuance of multiple duplicate Electronic Electoral Photo Identity Card across the states, Harivansh said.DMK’s P Wilson and V.Sivadasan of CPM demanded one on concerns regarding the upcoming delimitation exercise to southern states.



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