Lok Sabha fails to take up resolution seeking Speaker Om Birla’s removal amid opposition protests
The Lok Sabha failed to take up a resolution seeking Speaker Om Birla’s removal on Monday after repeated disruptions by opposition MPs demanding a discussion on West Asia. Continuous protests forced adjournments, with the Chair accusing the opposition of holding proceedings hostage
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Monday failed to take up a resolution seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla after repeated disruptions by opposition members demanding a discussion on the situation in West Asia.
The House was adjourned for the day shortly after it reconvened at 3 pm, following an earlier adjournment caused by continuous sloganeering and protests by opposition MPs.
When proceedings resumed, opposition members continued raising slogans. Jagadambika Pal, who was chairing the session, appealed to members to maintain decorum and allow the House to take up the resolution seeking Birla’s removal.
Pal informed the House that the no-confidence resolution against the Speaker was already listed on the day’s agenda and said the adjournment notice moved by opposition MPs seeking a discussion on the West Asia crisis could not be taken up at that stage.
He accused the opposition of holding parliamentary proceedings “hostage” to its demands and said the disruptions were resulting in a waste of public funds, estimated at about ₹9 crore per day.
Calling the protests “immature and irresponsible,” Pal alleged that the opposition was deliberately obstructing the House from taking up the motion against Birla for political reasons.
He added that both the government and the Chair were willing to proceed with the resolution, but the opposition’s protests were preventing the House from doing so. Birla, he noted, was not presiding over proceedings until the no-confidence motion against him is resolved.
