Parliament winter session 2025 live: Oppn MPs wear gas masks as protest against air pollution

PArliament overwinter session 2025 unrecorded updates: oppositeness leaders arrived at the for the thirdly daylight of winter session wearing gas masks as protest against rising air pollution in the national capital. The Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi slipped into ‘very poor’ category again on Wednesday after brief reprieve on Tuesday. The AQI stood at 376, close to the 'severe' mark, around 7 am on Wednesday, a marginal increase from the average of 372 recorded on Tuesday. This places the AQI in the ‘very poor’ category and on the borderline of hazardous. Meanwhile, reports said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to meet all Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs from Bengal BJP today. INDIA bloc floor leaders held a meeting on Wednesday ahead of the third day of the winter session of the Parliament, to discuss the strategy after the Centre accepted the Opposition's demand to hold a debate on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll. Leader of Opposition Rajya Sabha and Congress President, Mallikarjun Kharge, and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, were present in the meeting.Congress MPs in Rajya Sabha asked for permission to discuss issues related to the contentious cyber safety app, Sachar Saathi, saying the order is a "clear breach of privacy of every smartphone/cell phone user".After two days of adjournments in the Parliament over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Opposition said it will stage a protest against the four labour codes outside the Parliament on Wednesday. The Centre announced that four Labour Codes - the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 have been made effective from November 21, rationalising 29 existing labour laws.While the Centre highlighted timely wages, the inclusion of women in night shifts, and social security for gig workers among several benefits of the Labour Codes, Congress and Left party leaders have opposed them, raising concerns.The deadlock over the SIR ended on Tuesday after the government announced to hold a debate on the issue next week. The past two days of the proceedings were hampered by adjournments , as the Opposition insisted on having a debate on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls which is currently underway in 12 states.The government and the Opposition also agreed to take up a discussion to mark 150 years of “Vande Mataram".The Rajya Sabha floor leaders are expected to finalise a plan to debate the two subjects in the Upper House on Wednesday. However, the Upper House will debate only after the Lok Sabha completes the discussions.Parliament Winter Session | Highlights from yesterdayRijiju chaired an informal meeting on Tuesday morning where the Opposition had rejected the proposal to debate Vande Mataram before discussing the SIR. Hours later, they accepted the offer.Opposition parties gathered outside the Parliament building, holding placards, as they protested against the SIR. Several Opposition leaders such as Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Manoj Kumar Jha and Renuka Chaudhary hit out at the Centre for not putting up an immediate debate on the issue of SIR.Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned several times after the Opposition MPs disrupted the proceedings over their SIR debate demand. In the Rajya Sabha, leaders from the TMC, Congress, and DMK trooped into the well of the House raising slogans. The leaders demanded an assurance on when the discussion on the pressing issue would be taken up, pointing out that as many as 28 BLOs had died.According to three leaders aware of the details, Speaker Om Birla assured that both the items—Vande Mataram and SIR—can be discussed, and the 150th year of Vande Mataram should be discussed first due to its historical importance.A number of Opposition leaders submitted notices for adjournment motions, none of which were accepted.Apart from the SIR, the Opposition wants to debate national security in the backdrop of the Delhi blasts and the Centre’s alleged unwillingness to send funds to non-NDA-ruled states. The session ends on December 19.