Opposition MPs will march to Makar Dwar on August 5, demanding a Home Minister statement on police action against protesters, probe into Ram Mandir donation theft, and J&K statehood.
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Opposition MPs will march from the Gandhi statue at Prerna Sthal in the Parliament premises to Makar Dwar on August 5 at 10 am, staging a protest over three key demands. The march plan comes amid continued friction between the treasury and opposition benches during the ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament, with both sides having repeatedly clashed over several issues.
There are three demands to be raised by the Opposition MPs –
1. A statement by the Union Home Minister in both Houses of Parliament over the alleged police excesses by security personnel during the July 20 march led by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP).
2. The second seeks to raise the issue of alleged misappropriation of donations at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
3. The third demands the restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
Earlier today, several Opposition MPs, including Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav and Dharmendra Yadav, TMC’s Sagarika Ghose, RJD’s Sanjay Yadav and Manoj Jha, RSP’s NK Premchandran, protested in Parliament House complex against the alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya and “police excesses” against student protesters.
Carrying placards against the government, MPs protested in front of the Makar Dwar of Parliament with slogans such as ‘chhanda chor, gaddi chor’ and ‘Amit Shah jawaab do’ raised. The protesting MPs lined up behind a big banner that read ‘Why Amit Shah absent from Parliament.”
The MPs also kept donation boxes at the spot to symbolise the alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple and lined up around them to raise slogans against the government. Some MPs also put cash in the box to symbolise the donations made and “theft” that took place later.
So far, five Bills have been passed by the Lok Sabha during the current Monsoon Session. Of these, the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 and the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026 have been approved by both Houses.
