New Delhi: The government will be forced to press for the passage of bills in the “national interest”, if the proceedings of the Parliament are interrupted, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju warned on Monday, as the opposition continued its opposition to the revision of Bihar’s election roll, failed to take two keys proposed laws with the Lok Sabha. The Rajya Sabha was postponed as a mark of respect after the death of MP and JMM founder Shibu Soren sitting for the day.In the Parliament complex, Rijiju told reporters that the opposition has agreed for a two-day discussion on the National Sports Government Bill, 2025 and National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill, 2025. He said that keeping in mind India’s dialect for the 2036 Summer Olympic Games, opposition members disrupted the proceedings. The minister said that the government would be forced to press to pass the bills from Tuesday in ‘national interest’ as the proposed legislation is important for the government “, the minister said.Two sports-related bills were listed on Monday to discuss and pass. BJP member Jagdambika Pal, who was presiding over the proceedings in the afternoon, when the LS gathered after the first adjournment, reminded the opposition that since the onset of the monsoon session on July 21, not a single bill has been passed by the house due to repeated disruption. Prior to postponing the House for the day, Pal said that this is the third week when the proceedings have been disrupted by opposition members raising slogans. Both Rijiju and Sports Minister Mansukh Mandavia resonated similar views. Rijiju made it clear that a debate on the special intensive amendments of Bihar’s electoral rolls could not take place in Parliament as this practice is part of the administrative action and functioning of the Election Commission of the Election Commission. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, he said, former Speaker Balaram Zakhar, a Defense Congress veteran had cited a decision that Parliament could not discuss the functioning of a constitutional body like EC.
