L eader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will initiate the debate on election reforms in the Lower House on Tuesday (December 9, 2025).

The opposition has been demanding a discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Parliament since the monsoon session, but the government suggested having a debate on election reforms, citing that the Election Commission was an independent, autonomous and constitutional body. The BJP is expected to field senior leaders Nishikant Dubey, P.P. Chaudhary, Abhijit Gangopadhyay and Sanjay Jaiswal in the debate which will take place over two days. Besides Mr. Gandhi, the Congress is expected to field K.C. Venugopal, Manish Tewari, Varsha Gaikwad, Mohammed Jawed, Ujjwal Raman Singh, Isa Khan, Ravi Mallu, Imran Masood, G

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