Opposition likely to move no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla

In a major development, Opposition parties are likely to bring a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday.

According to reports, the no-confidence motion against Birla is likely to be tabled in Lok Sabha on Monday for being biased in the House. The proposal was made in a meeting of Congress MPs and the grand-old party has also reached out to other Opposition parties in this regard.

The development comes days after the Lok Sabha Secretariat disqualified Rahul Gandhi as MP after the Congress leader was convicted and sent to jail in a 2019 defamation case by a Surat court. He has also been asked to vacate the government bungalow allotted to him.

The disqualification from Lok Sabha will bar Gandhi (52), a four-time MP, from contesting polls for eight years unless a higher court stays his conviction.

The party feels that Rahul Gandhi's conviction and disqualification, which it has alleged was done in reaction to his consistently questioning the relationship between PM Narendra Modi and businessman Gautam Adani, poses a serious threat to the world's largest democracy.

The Congress has said that Rahul Gandhi is not alone and millions of congressmen and people irrespective of their political affiliations will join him in this fight for truth and justice.