Ajit Karn
According to sources on Tuesday, the Congress and other opposition parties are considering initiating a vote of no confidence against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla next week on the grounds that opposition members are not permitted to speak.
According to the sources, the proposal was retained in a Congress MPs meeting.
“On Monday, opposition parties may file a motion of no confidence against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. The proposal was kept during a meeting of Congress representatives. In this regard, the Congress is communicating with other opposition parties, sources told media.
The development was precipitated by the notification disqualifying Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, a day after his conviction in a defamation case, as well as allegations that the Opposition was being denied the opportunity to raise the Adani issue.
To initiate a motion of no confidence against the Speaker, support from at least 50 members is required.
Importantly, for the motion of no confidence to be moved, the House must be in session.
In support of Rahul Gandhi and in opposition to his disqualification, Congress MPs, leaders, and workers staged a “Loktantra bachao mashal shanti” march near the Red Fort, where the police detained a number of party leaders and workers.
The general secretary of the Congress, KC Venugopal, claimed that protestors were stopped everywhere.
“You should observe the state of democracy in the nation. We are conducting a peaceful march by torchlight. We discussed this with the police and commissioners yesterday, and they concurred. Today, they halted our employees everywhere,” said Venugopal.
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Opposition parties no-confidence motion speaker Om Birla The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is Om Birla.
