Overview

• INDIA bloc MPs, led by Sonia Gandhi, have staged a sit-in at Parliament’s Makar Dwar for seven straight days to demand the rollback of the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision in Bihar
• Rajya Sabha proceedings have been repeatedly adjourned after the Chair rejected multiple Zero Hour notices and Rule 267 calls seeking a formal debate on the voter-list exercise
• Rahul Gandhi will lead a protest in Bengaluru on August 4 to spotlight alleged 'vote theft' uncovered in a Karnataka constituency and to submit a memorandum to the Election Commission, a move the BJP has derided as baseless
• BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari has urged the Election Commission to probe Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s comments to booth-level officers, while Banerjee has encouraged voters to verify their names amid proposed roll revisions
• TIPRA Motha’s push for a Bihar-style roll revision in Tripura has prompted Congress warnings that poor and tribal residents could be disenfranchised without proper identity documents