New Delhi, March 6 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) issued a three-line directive to its members of Parliament on Friday, instructing them to be present in the House next week, when the second phase of the Budget Session begins.
The directive stated that "very important legislative business" will be taken up in the House on March 9-10, and therefore, their presence is required.
This instruction to all BJP members in Parliament comes amid the likely discussion on a motion seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla over alleged bias and a partisan approach against the opposition.
"All BJP Members are informed that very important Legislative Business will be taken up for passing in the Lok Sabha on Monday, March 9, 2026 and Tuesday, March 10, 2026," stated the BJP whip, dated March 6, signed by Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal, the chief whip of the BJP in Parliament.
"All members in Lok Sabha are therefore, requested to be present in the House on both days and support the Government's stand," it added.
Reports suggest that the Lok Sabha is likely to take up the resolution, moved by the opposition, against Speaker Om Birla as early as March 9, over alleged partisan conduct against the opposition, during a heated debate in Parliament over the unpublished memoirs of former Army Chief General MM Naravane.
Speaker Om Birla is also likely to be present; however, he is unlikely to chair the proceedings of the House, as he had vowed to recuse himself from the proceedings on the day the opposition moved a resolution against him.
According to established rules and guidelines, Om Birla will have the right to vote against the resolution when it comes up before the House.
More than 100 members from the opposition had submitted a notice for a resolution against the Lok Sabha Speaker in the first part of the Budget Session.
Congress and the opposition were furious with the Speaker's alleged bias towards Rahul Gandhi, as they charged him with multiple accusations, claiming that the LoP was denied a chance to reply to the Motion of Thanks to President’s address, his right to raise alarming reports of ‘advancing’ Chinese troops during the Galwan face-off was snatched, and when the opposition protested against it, as many as eight of them were suspended.
Notably, the Congress party is also understood to have issued a similar whip to its Lok Sabha MPs, mandating their presence in the House for three days from March 9 to March 11.
As the Budget Session reconvenes after the recess, the House is set to witness fresh fireworks and tempers flare, as opposition members will mount fresh efforts to remove Om Birla, who is currently serving his second term as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.