Parliament Budget Session March 11 LIVE: Lok Sabha to continue discussion of removal of Speaker Om Birla

Lok Sabha proceedings during the Budget Session of Parliament on March 10, 2026. Picture: Sansad TV via ANI

The heated discussion on the resolution to remove Speaker Om Birla is all set to continue in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday (March 11, 2026). Several Opposition leaders, speaking during the debate on Tuesday (March 10, 2026), complained of the post of deputy Speaker lying vacant, microphones being switched off, Opposition members being disallowed to speak, and mass suspensions, among major issues.

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The Lok Sabha is also slated today to take up the Supplementary Demands for Grants – Second Batch for 2025-2026 for discussion and voting.

Meanwhile, the Rajya Sabha will continue its discussion on the working of the Ministry of Rural Development. Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav replied yesterday to the debate on the working of his Ministry.

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Lok Sabha witnessed a heated debate over the validity of the member from the panel of chairpersons, appointed by the Speaker, presiding over the discussion on the resolution to remove the Speaker. Several Opposition members, including AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi, Congress’s K.C.Vengopal and Gaurav Gogoi, Saugata Ray and Mahua Moitra of the Trinamool Congress, questioned this. But the chair ruled that the Speaker’s post was not vacant yet and it was valid that the session is presided by someone from the panel. In the Rajya Sabha, the Opposition tried to raise the issue of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the Rajya Sabha yesterday but were denied, with Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan noting that all members were allowed to speak on the issue during the debate on electoral reforms in the last session.

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