Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said he had advised Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi not to attend the House after receiving information that an inappropriate incident could take place near the PM’s chair amid continuing disruptions by the Opposition, news agency IANS reported.

Making a statement in the Lok Sabha, Birla said, “With immense sadness, I want to inform the House that the manner in which a few MPs behaved in the Lok Sabha chamber yesterday was unprecedented. This has never happened in the history of the Lok Sabha. The Speaker holds a respected position in the House, as mentioned in the Constitution. Differences of opinion have always existed in Parliament, but such behaviour has not been seen earlier.”