Congress submits no-confidence movement in opposition to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla

Amid the ruckus and adjournments within the Decrease Home, the Opposition events led by the Congress submited a no-confidence movement in opposition to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday (February 10, 2026). The Lok Sabha was adjourned until 2.00 p.m. at the moment.

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Chief Whip of Congress within the Lok Sabha Kodikunnil Suresh and social gathering Whip Mohammed Jawed Ahmed handed over the discover to the Secretary-Normal Utpal Kumar Singh, sources instructed The Hindu.

Based on Article 94(c) of the Structure, a Lok Sabha member might give a written discover of intention to maneuver a decision for the removing of the Speaker to the Secretary-Normal, with at the very least 14 days’ discover.

Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, after submitting the movement mentioned the priority has been that the LOP hasn’t been allowed to talk on quite a few events. Many Opposition events share this concern. Mr. Gogoi added. “At 1:14 p.m. at the moment we submitted a movement expressing no-confidence and asking for removing of Speaker Om Birla as oer Rule 94 (C),” an announcement by Mr. Gogoi mentioned.

The discover on decision looking for removing of Mr. Birla because the Lok Sabha Speaker bears 119 signatures, together with T.R. Baalu of DMK, and Dimple Yadav of SP. The members of Trinamool Congress haven’t signed. Chief of Opposition Rahul Gandhi too didn’t signal as one of many expenses pertains to him not being allowed to talk.

The Congress has accused the Speaker of appearing in a partisan method and denying Chief of the Opposition (LoP) within the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, the chance to talk in the course of the debate on the Motions of Because of the President’s tackle.

The Speaker had lately suspended eight Opposition MPs for his or her unruly behaviour within the Home, seven of them belonged to Congress.

The discover additionally identified that whereas a BJP member was not solely permitted to make personalised assaults on two former PMs, no motion was taken in opposition to him regardless of Opposition’s request.

Strongly objecting to the Speaker’s remarks within the Home that he had “concrete info” that many Congress members may transfer in direction of Mr. Modi’s seat and perform “some surprising act”, the discover mentioned it was a sign of abuse of the consitutional workplace of the Speaker.

Individually, eight ladies MPs from the Congress had written the Speaker on Monday (February 9) saying they had been being focused just because they’d “constantly fought in opposition to PM Modi’s anti-people authorities and demanded accountability from him.”

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Whereas varied Opposition events, together with the Congress, RJD, Samajwadi Occasion and DMK and Left events, are on board and have signed the discover in opposition to the Speaker.

In the meantime, Congress chief Jairam Ramesh took to X and mentioned, “On the afternoon of December 18, 1954, the Lok Sabha took up a Decision moved by the Opposition for the removing of the Speaker (G.V. Mavalankar). That is how the controversy started: ‘Mr. Deputy Speaker: The Home will now take up the Decision. Shri Jawaharlal Nehru: Sir, might I make a submission to the Home? You had been happy to allot two hours for this dialogue. Mr. Deputy Speaker: Sure, from 3.30 PM to five.30 PM.”

“Jawaharlal Nehru: Usually you do undertake some form of proportion, however I ought to wish to submit that on this specific case, extra time must be allowed to the Opposition than to the Authorities Benches. We don’t want to take an excessive amount of time and I hope hon. Members on this aspect won’t take an excessive amount of time of the Home of their speeches. Naturally we should say one thing which we’ll do. However I’d submit in your consideration that the Opposition ought to have extra time’,” Mr. Ramesh recalled in a submit on X.