Opposition accuses speaker Om Birla of bias, submits no confidence notice

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday directed the House SecretaryGeneral to examine the noconfidence motion notice against him and take appropriate action according to sourcesThe Congress today submitted a notice of noconfidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om BirlaCongress MP Gaurav Gogoi said At 114 pm today we submitted a motion for a noconfidence motion against the Speaker under rule 94C rules and procedures A total of 118 MPs have signed the notice of noconfidence motion against the Lok Sabha Speaker according to Congress sourcesSources said Opposition MPs alleged blatantly partisan conduct and that leaders of Opposition parties were not allowed to speak Sources said the notice of motion of noconfidence cited four incidents against the Speaker including the Oppositions allegation that Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi was not allowed to speak in the House during the discussion on the motion of Thanks to the Presidents Address Gandhi cited General MM Naravanes unpublished memoir to discuss the 2020 standoff against ChinaSources added that the Opposition MPs also flagged the suspension of eight MPs BJP MP Nishikant Dubeys objectionable and personalised attacks against former Prime Ministers and Speaker Om Birlas statement where he said he had urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to come to the House to prevent any unpleasant incident after receiving information that some Congress MPs could come to the PMs seat and resort to an unprecedented incidentCongress MP Manickam Tagore took to social media platform X to state that the Opposition has taken such a step in extraordinary circumstancesTagore wrote The Opposition has placed its faith in constitutional propriety While holding the Honble Speaker in personal regard we are pained and anguished by the consistent denial of opportunities to Opposition MPs to raise issues of public importance After many years a noconfidence notice against the Speaker has been movedan extraordinary step born out of extraordinary circumstancesMeanwhile the Trinamool Congress asked the Congress to submit an appeal to Speaker Om Birla before moving a noconfidence motion against him Abhishek Banerjee said todayTMC said that the party will sign on the noconfidence motion if the Speaker does not act on the Oppositions appeal within two to three daysAbhishek Banerjee told reporters Even yesterday we made it clear that all the TMC MPs will sign the noconfidence motion resolution but our suggestion to them was that the issues including suspension of MPs LoP not being allowed to speak women MPs being falsely accused and that the Chair is working in a biased manner We said that firstly we should write a letter in the form of a protest to the Speaker and the signatures of all opposition MPs should be there and we should give the Speaker twotothree days time If the Speaker does not take any action on it then we always have the room to move a noconfidence motion we have no problemThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever