Overview

• Weeks of Opposition protests demanding debate on the Election Commission’s special intensive revision (SIR) of Bihar’s voter rolls have stalled Rajya Sabha proceedings.
• On August 4, the longstanding Parliament Security Service was reinstated in both Houses to oversee in-chamber security, replacing CISF personnel assigned as marshals.
• Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju have denied any use of paramilitary forces, affirming that only marshals appointed under the Chair’s authority enter the Well.
• Parliamentary sources say restoring PSS control revives a security unit first established in 1929 and frames the change as a procedural adjustment rather than a policy U-turn.
• The continued walkouts and interruptions underscore unresolved disputes over legislative autonomy, security protocols and the right to protest during the Monsoon Session.