New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- In an unprecedented turn of events, the Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Motion of Thanks to the President's address without the customary reply by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Congress was physically planning to attack PM Modi in the lower house of Parliament, and women MPs were sent as a cover measure for this, according to sources.

According to the sources, the Speaker decided to adjourn the House, despite the Prime Minister being in Parliament and available to address the Lok Sabha.

Earlier today, proceedings of the Lower House of Parliament were repeatedly disrupted by Opposition members' sloganeering. Amid this Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla initiated a voice vote, after which the motion was passed without Pr...