Congress keen on moving no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla

Amid the ruckus and adjournments in the Lower House, the Opposition parties led by the Congress are likely to submit a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday (February 10, 2026). The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2.00 p.m. today.

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Chief Whip of Congress in Lok Sabha K. Suresh and Whip Jawed Ahmed will shortly hand over the notice to the Secretary General, sources told The Hindu.

According to Article 94(c) of the Constitution, a Lok Sabha member may give a written notice of intention to move a resolution for the removal of the Speaker to the Secretary-General, with at least 14 days’ notice.

The Congress earlier accused the Speaker of acting in a partisan manner and denying Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi the opportunity to speak during the debate on the Motions of Thanks to the President’s address.

The Speaker had recently suspended eight Opposition MPs for their unruly behaviour in the House, seven of them belonged to Congress.

Separately, eight women MPs from the Congress had written the Speaker on Monday (February 9) saying they were being targeted simply because they had “consistently fought against PM Modi’s anti-people government and demanded accountability from him.” The Speaker had said in the House that he had “concrete information” that many Congress members might move towards Mr. Modi’s seat and carry out “some unexpected act”, and thus he had requested him not to come to the House to reply to the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address.

TMC extends support, but wants to give Speaker a chance

Speaking on the move, TMC’s National General Secretary and Lok Sabha leader Abhishek Banerjee said, “We are ready to sign the no-confidence resolution. But we advised the Congress to send a letter raising four issues that they have flagged in the no-confidence resolution and give the Speaker a day or two to respond.”

“Our national chairperson has already said that TMC would want to move an impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar,” he added.

Meanwhile, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh took to X and said, “On the afternoon 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 how the debate began: ‘Mr. Deputy Speaker: The House will now take up the Resolution. Shri Jawaharlal Nehru: Sir, may I make a submission to the House? You were pleased to allot two hours for this discussion. Mr. Deputy Speaker: Yes, from 3.30 PM to 5.30 PM.”

“Jawaharlal Nehru: Normally you do adopt some kind of proportion, but I should like to submit that in this particular case, more time should be allowed to the Opposition than to the Government Benches. We do not wish to take too much time and I hope hon. Members on this side will not take too much time of the House in their speeches. Naturally we will have to say something which we will do. But I would submit for your consideration that the Opposition should have more time’,” Mr. Ramesh recalled in a post on X.