New Delhi, February 9 The opposition on Monday decided to move a resolution to remove Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Om Birla, from office for preventing Leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, from speaking in the House on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address.
Sources said the resolution is being moved under Article 94-C of the Constitution.
The notice is being given to move a resolution against the Speaker for preventing the LoP from speaking in the House on the motion of thanks, for not initiating action against BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, and for making unsubstantiated charges against female MPs of the Congress.
They said a statutory resolution in this regard would soon be moved in the Lok Sabha.
The resolution requires the signatures of 100 MPs in the Lok Sabha, and the signatures of various opposition MPs are being collected.
Sources said the decision to move the resolution was taken at a meeting of opposition leaders held in the chamber of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge this morning.
The TMC also attended the meeting, along with other parties including the left, DMK, SP, RJD, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (sp) and RSP.