Arguing for the ouster of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Opposition MPs on Tuesday (March 10, 2026) had a list of complaints, including mass suspensions, the microphone being switched off while they spoke, and the failure to appoint the constitutional position of Deputy Speaker for the past 12 years.
Senior Congress MP Manish Tewari argued that the reason for the Opposition’s insistence on moving the resolution seeking the Speaker’s removal can be summed up in one phrase: the government must have its way but the Opposition must have its say.
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‘Rahul quoted from magazine’
Addressing the issue of the Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi not being allowed to speak about the content of the yet-to-be-released memoir of former Army Chief General (Retd) M. M. Narawane, Mr. Tewari said that Mr. Gandhi had been quoting from a magazine. “That magazine that [Mr. Gandhi] was quoting is a published magazine, it is available in the public space even now. And the contents of the magazine or that story has not been controverted by the government till now,” Mr. Tewari said.
