New Delhi, Feb. 10 -- Opposition parties in the Lok Sabha, led by the Indian National Congress, have formally submitted a notice to move a resolution to remove Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla from office.
The notice was submitted on Tuesday to the Lok Sabha secretariat by Congress MP and chief whip K Suresh on behalf of a bloc of opposition parties, including the Congress, Samajwadi Party and DMK, a Congress leader said.
The move comes amid sharp parliamentary tensions after the Speaker's decision not to allow Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders to speak during the important Motion of Thanks to the President's address.
The opposition's action is being framed as a no-confidence motion against the Speaker, a rare ...