NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha witnessed heated scenes on Wednesday during Home Minister Amit Shah’s reply on Operation Sindoor, as the opposition led by Mallikarjun Kharge disrupted proceedings and raised slogans demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s presence in the House, before eventually staging a walkout.As Amit Shah rose to speak, opposition MPs began shouting slogans and hooting, demanding that the Prime Minister himself address the Upper House on India’s cross-border strikes following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. Responding to the uproar, Amit Shah said, “I want to respond to those asking about the Prime Minister. I am here addressing their concerns. PM Modi is very much in office. If I can respond and clarify, then why insist on hearing from him?”Meanwhile, Kharge stood up and said, “There was a demand from the opposition that the PM should come to the House and give a reply. If the PM doesn’t come to the House despite being present in Parliament premises, then it is an insult to the House.” After this, the debate soon turned confrontational, with Shah taking a sharp swipe at the leader of the opposition, saying, “It is irony that the person asking to speak here is the one not allowed to speak by his own party.”Following the exchange, opposition MPs walked out of the Rajya Sabha in protest, continuing to demand a response from the Prime Minister Narendra on Operation Sindoor.Later as the opposition walked out, Amit Shah briefed the House about a new counterterror operation “Mahadev”. “On Monday, our security forces conducted Operation Mahadev, in which three terrorists involved in the Pahalgam attack were killed,” he said.Meanwhile, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh posted on X, “The INDIA parties have just walked out of the Rajya Sabha at the gross insult to it by the Prime Minister who refused to be even present in the House at the end of the 16-hour debate on Op Sindoor-Pahalgam terror attack, let alone speak as a reply to the discussion.”