Congress MP Manickam Tagore took to his official X handle, and put out a post saying, “The Opposition has placed its faith in constitutional propriety. While holding the Hon’ble Speaker in personal regard, we are pained and anguished by the consistent denial of opportunities to Opposition MPs to raise issues of public importance. After many years, a no-confidence notice against the Speaker has been moved,an extraordinary step born out of extraordinary circumstances.”
The Opposition, in the no-confidence notice moved under Article 94(c), said that the Lok Sabha Speaker has been conducting the business of the House in a “blatantly partisan manner.”
The Opposition parties on Tuesday submitted a notice of no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
The notice was moved after talks between Opposition leaders, including KC Venugopal and Kodikunnil Suresh, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju failed to yield any results.
The notice was submitted to Lok Sabha Secretary General Utpal Kumar Singh.
Opposition parties have decided to move a resolution seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the INDIA bloc leaders, chaired by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, on Monday morning.
The bloc also decided to participate in today’s Budget discussion.
The opposition INDIA bloc has decided to move a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
The move follows days of heightened tensions in Parliament between the government and the opposition, triggered by the Speaker's refusal to let Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi speak. The rift further intensified after the Speaker accused some Congress memebers of plotting an "unforeseen act" against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha.
As opposition protests continued on Tuesday, the Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon, soon after it assembled.
Opposition leaders had earlier warned that, with no conciliatory steps from the government, protests would escalate over the denial of Rahul Gandhi’s chance to speak in the House, potentially derailing debates on the Union Budget 2026–27.
Opposition parties, led by the Congress has been protesting inside and outside the Parliament against the Speaker refusing to allow Rahul Gandhi to speak on former Army Chief General MM Naravane's unpublished 'memoir', in which he makes some statements involving PM Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in connection with the 2020 India-China standoff.
Eight Congress MPs were suspended by the Speaker on February 3, amid continuous protests demanding to let the LoP speak on the issue.
Days later, the Speaker accused the Congress MPs of planning an "unforeseen act" against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the discussion on the President's address.