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State Assembly Bans Legislative Protests as Parliament Opens Marathon Operation Sindoor Debate

The directive follows two days of standoff between MLAs, underscoring the government’s drive for strict decorum before a protracted parliamentary debate on cross-border strikes.

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Overview

  • Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar invoked Rule 94(2) to bar all forms of protests and sloganeering in the State Assembly, with police forces deployed heavily around the complex.
  • Leader of Opposition Umang Singhar and State Congress chief Jitu Patwari denounced the directive as undemocratic and are mobilizing efforts to force a reversal.
  • Parliament’s monsoon session saw the Lok Sabha launch a 16-hour special debate on Operation Sindoor, with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh outlining the operation’s rapid precision strikes and non-escalatory approach.
  • Opposition leaders Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and Gaurav Gogoi pressed the government on alleged intelligence lapses preceding the Pahalgam attack, questioned evidence of cross-border terrorist origins and raised President Trump’s ceasefire claims.
  • External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar credited India’s diplomatic push for securing global condemnation of the Pahalgam assault, securing The Resistance Front’s terror designation and rejecting any ceasefire mediation by President Trump.