Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Tuesday (March 10, 2026) said the opposition was compelled to bring a resolution for Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's removal to “save the Constitution”, as he accused Mr. Birla of partisan behaviour.
Initiating the debate on the resolution for the removal of Mr. Birla from the Speaker's post, Mr. Gogoi claimed that the environment of Parliament has become such that the LoP is not allowed to speak in the House during the debate on the motion of thanks to the President's address in February because the leadership of the country is "weak".
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Giving reasons as to why the opposition was compelled to bring the resolution, the MP from Assam's Jorhat said, “We stated that in February, when the LoP wanted to speak on the motion of thanks to the President's address, he was interrupted 20 times by the Speaker, members of the chairpersons' panel, senior members of the treasury benches. He was interrupted in a premeditated manner.”
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