New Delhi: Notification of the opposition’s resolution to remove Speaker Om Birla is likely to be discussed in the Lok Sabha on the first day of Parliament. budget meetingMarch 9 Part 2 Minister of State Kieron Rijiju Sunday said the government hoped to continue its legislative agenda at the meeting after dealing with motions against the chairman.With the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Development Alliance having 293 MPs in the 542-member House of Representatives and likely to have support from some centrists, opposition efforts to call for Birla to step down over alleged favoritism look set to fail.“On March 9, we will debate the no-confidence motion against the Speaker in the Lok Sabha. A vote will be taken after the debate,” Rijiju told TOI.Official sources said the ruling NDA is keen to take up the issue urgently so that Birla, who decides not to attend the House until the notice is disposed of, can return to the House to chair the proceedings of the crucial session.The government’s decision to send Bella to attend the swearing-in ceremony of BNP leader Tarique Rahman as Bangladesh’s prime minister on February 17 was seen as a strong show of support for the speaker. The Speaker said the party planned to deploy a women’s contingent in LS, committing an unprecedented act of disrespect towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi by thanking him in his speech, drawing the ire of the Congress.Ahead of the vote, Congress will try to get TMC and AAP to support the anti-Birla drive. It is reported that the Congress has moved a motion to remove Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in exchange. The TMC has been at war with the Central Election Commission (CEC) over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) issue of the West Bengal electoral roll.Speaking to PTI in Arunachal Pradesh, Rijiju expressed hope that the Congress and other opposition parties would allow the assembly to function but made it clear that the government would continue with its legislative agenda, noting that the finance bill must be passed. Appropriations bills will also be passed during the session.The government has sometimes passed key bills amid uproar amid a deepening feud between the finance ministry and opposition lawmakers, insisting that governance cannot be allowed to be hampered by interference.Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey issued a notice to move the expulsion of LS Opposition Leader, Rahul Gandhimay also appear on the meeting agenda. If this issue were raised in the House of Representatives, it would inevitably be met with massive protests from the opposition parties.Rijiju found the next part of the meeting interesting, noting that it coincided with the upcoming assembly elections in four states and one Union Territory – West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.“We’re going to introduce some important bills, including a key bill. We’re not going to reveal what that bill is right now, but we’re going to introduce a very important piece of business in part two. We’re going to pass all of them,” he said.
