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With the Lok Sabha apt to instrumentality up adjacent week a announcement seeking Speaker Om Birla’s removal from office, the Congress connected Friday (March 6, 2026) said the solution follows the rules and conventions, with Opposition MPs having cited circumstantial instances of “partisan behaviour” by him, which calls for a debate.
As Parliament meets for the 2nd signifier of the Budget league connected March 9, the Lok Sabha is apt to instrumentality up the announcement to determination a solution to region Mr. Birla from bureau for allegedly acting successful a “blatantly partisan” manner.
No Trinamool Congress
Speaking with PTI, Congress wide caput in-charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, said: “All the Opposition parties different than the Trinamool Congress person signed the question for the removal of the Speaker. Let america see. They person said it is going to beryllium taken up connected March 9.” He added that 118 Opposition MPs belonging to each governmental parties, barring the Trinamool, signed the notice.
“It’s a healthy, antiauthoritarian practice. We person submitted a motion, which is according to the rules, according to the conventions... There person been erstwhile occasions, for example, successful 1954, erstwhile the combined Opposition spot was hardly 50, and the Congress had 364 MPs successful a House of 489. A no-confidence question was brought against the Speaker, the large G.V. Mavalankar,” Mr. Ramesh said.
“These are antiauthoritarian instruments, instruments of parliamentary democracy. The Opposition has each right. We volition person a debate, let’s spot what happens aft that,” the Congress person said.
“We had fixed circumstantial instances of partisan behaviour [by the Speaker], portion mendacious allegations were levelled against the Opposition members. We person fixed the context, and a statement should instrumentality place,” Mr. Ramesh said.
The Lok Sabha volition witnesser a uncommon moment, astir apt adjacent Monday, erstwhile Mr. Birla volition not seat the proceedings but volition beryllium seated among the members arsenic the House takes up a announcement seeking his removal from office.
Right to defence
According to the rules and laid-down procedures, Mr. Birla volition person the close to support himself erstwhile the solution is discussed by the Lower House.
He volition besides person the close to ballot against the resolution, Constitution adept P.D.T. Achary said. He said that portion Mr. Birla volition not seat the proceedings erstwhile the solution comes up earlier the House, helium volition beryllium seated successful the salient rows successful the Treasury benches.
In fact, Mr. Birla had stopped chairing the House the time the announcement was submitted, taking a stand.
Moved by 118 Opposition MPs
At slightest 118 Opposition members had submitted the announcement to determination a solution to region Mr. Birla from bureau for not allowing Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and different Opposition leaders to talk successful the House connected the Motion of Thanks to the President's address, arsenic good arsenic for suspending 8 Opposition MPs.
Congress lawman person successful the Lok Sabha, Gaurav Gogoi, main whip K. Suresh and whip Mohammed Jawed submitted the announcement to the Lok Sabha Secretariat connected behalf of respective Opposition parties, including the Samajwadi Party and the DMK. Trinamool MPs, however, did not motion the notice.
Article 96 of the Constitution bars a Speaker oregon a Deputy Speaker from presiding implicit the House portion a solution for his removal from bureau is nether consideration. The Speaker has a law close to support himself successful the House if the solution is discussed successful the Lok Sabha.
At slightest 2 Lok Sabha members person to motion the announcement to determination a solution for the Speaker’s removal. Any fig of members tin motion the notice, but a minimum of 2 is mandatory.
The Speaker tin beryllium removed from bureau if a solution is passed by the House by a elemental majority. Article 94C of the Constitution has provisions for specified a move.
Article 96 allows the Speaker to support himself oregon herself successful the House.
The connection of the projected solution is usually examined by the Deputy Speaker, but since the contiguous Lok Sabha does not person a Deputy Speaker, it whitethorn beryllium examined by the senior-most subordinate of the sheet of chairpersons.
The committee helps to tally the House successful the Speaker’s absence.
The solution alleged that Mr. Birla arsenic Speaker acted successful a “blatantly partisan” mode successful conducting the concern of the House and “abused” the law bureau helium occupies.
Three Lok Sabha speakers — G.V. Mavalankar (1954), Hukam Singh (1966) and Balram Jakhar (1987)— faced no-confidence motions successful the past, which were each defeated.
