New Delhi: Discussions on the no-move confidence in Lok Sabha Speaker are likely to take place on March 9, news agency ANI reported quoting sources.This comes after the opposition party launched recall proceedings About Birla As speaker of the Lok Sabha, he was accused of displaying “blatant partisanship” in the House and prompted him to resign from presiding over proceedings until the issue was resolved.Meanwhile, Lok Sabha secretariat officials said Birla has decided not to hold the post of Speaker until the no-confidence motion against him is resolved.The opposition in its motion also accused the Speaker of making certain false accusations against Congress MPs while talking about some “unexpected actions” in the Lok Sabha and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to come to the House to reply to the debate on the motion of thanks on the President’s address.Article 94C of the Constitution deals with the removal of the Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Article 96 of the Constitution gives the Speaker the opportunity to defend himself in the House of Representatives.The Speaker can vote when a motion to remove the Speaker is tabled in the House of Representatives. But if there is a tie, he cannot vote.There has been chaos in the Lok Sabha since February 2 after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was barred by the chairman from quoting an article based on excerpts from former Army Chief MM Naravane’s “unpublished memoirs” that mentioned the India-China conflict in 2020.On February 4, Prime Minister Modi was unable to respond to the motion of thanks debate due to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 said he had received specific information that many MPs might commit “unintended acts” by reaching where Prime Minister Modi was sitting and, therefore, requested Modi not to come and address the House.
