New Delhi: Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Kieron Rijiju The debate and subsequent voting on the no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will be held on March 9, it said on Sunday.Rijiju says part 2 budget meetingThe session scheduled from March 9 to April 2 will be “interesting” as several “important” pieces of legislation and a “key” bill will be tabled in Parliament for debate and passage.
He warned that if the opposition parties continue to protest as they did during the first phase of the session, it will ultimately be detrimental to them.“On March 9, we will debate the no-confidence motion against the Speaker in the Lok Sabha. The rule is start on day one. Voting will be held after the debate,” Rijiju told news agency PTI.Noting that the second part of the budget session would be interesting, he said, “If the opposition does not allow the House to function, we will go to the guillotine. It will be a loss for them,” he said.He also said it would be the opposition’s loss if they did not participate in the debate.Rijiju hinted at possible cracks in the opposition’s unity. Trinamool Congress No motion of no confidence was signed against the Speaker. “Most of the smaller parties are not in favor of stalling the process in the House. They want to raise their issues, especially before the parliamentary elections,” he said.During the first part of the session, since February 2, the Lok Sabha witnessed chaos after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was not allowed to quote excerpts from the unpublished memoirs of former Army Chief MM Naravane, which mentioned the India-China conflict in 2020.On February 4, Prime Minister Modi was unable to respond to the motion of thanks debate due to opposition protests.On February 5, a motion of thanks was passed without the Prime Minister delivering a speech as usual, an unprecedented move. The Speaker read out a motion thanking the President for his speech and it was passed by voice vote amidst chants from members of the opposition.Birla later said he had received specific information that several MPs might commit “unexpected acts” near the prime minister’s seat, prompting him to advise Modi not to address the House. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra refuted the claims.Eight opposition lawmakers were subsequently suspended for the remainder of the budget session for their unruly behavior in the House.Last week, the Speaker decided to resign as Speaker of the House of Representatives, hours after the opposition filed a motion to remove him, accusing him of “blatantly partisan” behavior.
