Amid growing uproar in Parliament, the Opposition on Monday decided to move a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, seeking his removal from office.
The motion is being introduced under Article 94-C of the Constitution.
The Opposition’s grievances against Birla include disallowing Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi from speaking during the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address, and failing to take action against BJP MP Nishikant Dubey for making unfounded charges against women MPs of the Congress. The Opposition also accused Birla of providing special privileges to certain Treasury Bench MPs.
Another key issue raised is the suspension of eight Opposition MPs for the entire session, which has been cited as a further reason for the move against the Speaker.
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The decision to introduce the no-confidence motion was made during a meeting of Opposition leaders held this morning in the chamber of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. To be introduced in the Lok Sabha, the motion requires the signatures of 100 MPs.
The meeting was attended by representatives from the Trinamool Congress, Left parties, DMK, SP, RJD, Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (SP), and RSP.
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram stated that the no-confidence motion is a legitimate parliamentary tool to raise issues of concern.
"Parliament is for debating and following procedure that includes giving space to the Opposition to raise issues of concern to the nation. Opposition parties use various tools to register their protest, and this is a tool to do so," he told ANI.
Karti’s colleague, Gurjeet Aujla, expressed similar concerns, accusing the Speaker of denying the Leader of Opposition (LoP) time to speak on the India-US trade deal.
"The voice of the nation is raised here. The farmers, labours, all sections are going to suffer with the US-India trade deal as the country will become an open market for China and US. This will also be a huge loss to the industries as well and the LoP wants to discuss this. But he was not given time. Nishikant Dubey uses abusive language towards the MPs, but his mic was not turned off," he said.
