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Kiren Rijiju and Om Birla (R)
NEW DELHI: Union parliamentary affairs curate Kiren Rijiju connected Sunday said that the statement and voting connected the no-confidence question against Lok Sabha Speaker volition beryllium taken up connected March 9."On March 9 successful the Lok Sabha, we volition person the statement connected the no-confidence question moved against the speaker," Rijiju told quality bureau PTI."It is the regularisation to instrumentality it up connected the archetypal day. There volition beryllium a ballot pursuing the debate," helium added.Additionally, a speedy reappraisal volition beryllium conducted arsenic per the rules, quality bureau ANI reported citing sources.This comes aft Congress MPs submitted a no-confidence question against the Om Birla, signed by 118 MPs. The Opposition MPs alleged "blatantly partisan" behaviour and that leaders of absorption parties were not allowed to speak.However, this is not the archetypal clip erstwhile a no-confidence against Chair has been moved by the opposition. Earlier successful 2024, the absorption moved a akin question against past Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar.History besides records astatine slightest 3 instances since Independence erstwhile a no-confidence question was moved to region the Speaker. The archetypal was against the archetypal Lok Sabha Speaker, GV Mavalankar, successful 1954, aft MP Vigneshwar Misra alleged that the Speaker was not impartial.
In 1966, absorption MPs moved a question against Speaker Sardar Hukum Singh, with Madhu Limaye starring the complaint and Deputy Speaker S V Krishnamoorthy Rao successful the Chair.The 3rd question was moved connected April 15, 1987, for the removal of Speaker Balram Jakhar by CPM MP Somnath Chatterjee, with Deputy Speaker Thambi Durai presiding. This question was axed by the House.What was Nehru's connection to Congress MPs erstwhile oppn determination a no-confidence question against Speaker GV MavalankarThe archetypal specified concern surfaced connected December 18, 1954, erstwhile the Opposition moved a solution for the removal of past Speaker Mavalankar.
It was admitted aft implicit 50 members stood up successful support, and a statement took spot implicit it.India's archetypal premier curate Jawaharlal Nehru's connection to Congress MPs during the statement successful 1954 connected the Opposition's solution to region past Speaker GV Mavalankar was that they are not bound by immoderate whip oregon direction, and that each legislators indispensable see the substance "regardless of enactment affiliations".He had urged Lok Sabha MPs to look astatine the contented not done the lens of the enactment but arsenic a substance concerning the dignity of the House.It was a fiery statement during which the Opposition, though anemic successful numbers, tore into Nehru and accused the talker of being partisan.Intervening successful the debate, Nehru said, "I would similar to code the House, if I may, successful my capableness and the precocious privilege of being the Leader of this House and not arsenic a person of the bulk party. So acold arsenic this bulk enactment is concerned, I would similar to archer them that not 1 of them is bound by immoderate whip oregon immoderate direction: fto them ballot arsenic they like.
It is not a enactment matter. It is simply a substance for this House, for each individual, to consider, careless of enactment affiliations.
""Therefore, fto america effort to deliberation of it not arsenic a enactment contented but arsenic members of this House, due to the fact that this substance affects the hon. speaker, of course, but it affects the precocious dignity of this House arsenic Parliament, it affects the archetypal national of this country, that is, the talker of this House," helium added.What is said astir the speaker, what is done astir the talker comes backmost connected each 1 of america who assertion to beryllium members of this House, the past PM said."I privation members to realise this due to the fact that I person felt bittersweet and precise bittersweet ever since this substance came up earlier the House. We person known the talker for galore years and we person seen him relation and it is imaginable that immoderate of america whitethorn not person precisely the aforesaid sentiment astir him arsenic others have; it is possible," helium said."It has truthful happened that immoderate of america person not peculiarly liked a determination of his oregon a ruling of his. It is 1 happening not to similar a ruling oregon to disagree with it oregon adjacent to feel, if I whitethorn accidental so, somewhat irritated astir thing that has happened.
These things happen. But, it is wholly a antithetic happening to situation the bona fides of the precise idiosyncratic successful whose keeping is the honour of this House," Nehru had said."I bash not accidental that it is not imaginable astatine each to rise a question against the Speaker. Of course, the Constitution has provided it. Nobody challenges the close of the Opposition oregon immoderate Member of the House to enactment guardant this motion. I bash not contradict that close since it has been fixed by the Constitution. The constituent is not the ineligible close but the propriety; the desirability of doing it," helium said.Nehru past went connected to powerfully support the talker and deed retired astatine the Opposition for questioning his bona fides.The Congress had a brute bulk with implicit 360 members, and the solution was negated by a dependable vote.
