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Amid the ruckus and adjournments successful the Lower House, the Opposition parties led by the Congress are apt to taxable a no-confidence question against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla connected Tuesday (February 10, 2026). The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2.00 p.m. today.
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Chief Whip of Congress successful Lok Sabha K. Suresh and Whip Jawed Ahmed volition soon manus implicit the announcement to the Secretary General, sources told The Hindu.
According to Article 94(c) of the Constitution, a Lok Sabha subordinate whitethorn springiness a written announcement of volition to determination a solution for the removal of the Speaker to the Secretary-General, with astatine slightest 14 days’ notice.
The Congress earlier accused the Speaker of acting successful a partisan mode and denying Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi the accidental to talk during the statement connected the Motions of Thanks to the President’s address.
The Speaker had precocious suspended 8 Opposition MPs for their unruly behaviour successful the House, 7 of them belonged to Congress.
Separately, 8 women MPs from the Congress had written the Speaker connected Monday (February 9) saying they were being targeted simply due to the fact that they had “consistently fought against PM Modi’s anti-people authorities and demanded accountability from him.” The Speaker had said successful the House that helium had “concrete information” that galore Congress members mightiness determination towards Mr. Modi’s spot and transportation retired “some unexpected act”, and frankincense helium had requested him not to travel to the House to reply to the treatment connected the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address.
TMC extends support, but wants to springiness Speaker a accidental
Speaking connected the move, TMC’s National General Secretary and Lok Sabha person Abhishek Banerjee said, “We are acceptable to motion the no-confidence resolution. But we advised the Congress to nonstop a missive raising 4 issues that they person flagged successful the no-confidence solution and springiness the Speaker a time oregon 2 to respond.”
“Our nationalist chairperson has already said that TMC would privation to determination an impeachment question against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar,” helium added.
Meanwhile, Congress person Jairam Ramesh took to X and said, “On the day of December 18, 1954, the Lok Sabha took up a Resolution moved by the Opposition for the removal of the Speaker (G.V. Mavalankar). This is however the statement began: ‘Mr. Deputy Speaker: The House volition present instrumentality up the Resolution. Shri Jawaharlal Nehru: Sir, whitethorn I marque a submission to the House? You were pleased to allot 2 hours for this discussion. Mr. Deputy Speaker: Yes, from 3.30 PM to 5.30 PM.”
“Jawaharlal Nehru: Normally you bash follow immoderate benignant of proportion, but I should similar to taxable that successful this peculiar case, much clip should beryllium allowed to the Opposition than to the Government Benches. We bash not privation to instrumentality excessively overmuch clip and I anticipation hon. Members connected this broadside volition not instrumentality excessively overmuch clip of the House successful their speeches. Naturally we volition person to accidental thing which we volition do. But I would taxable for your information that the Opposition should person much time’,” Mr. Ramesh recalled successful a station connected X.
