New Delhi, February 10 Opposition leaders said on Tuesday that they would decide whether to move a notice to remove the Speaker of the Lok Sabha after meeting with Om Birla.
Leaders of various opposition parties deliberated on the issue at a meeting of floor leaders in the chamber of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge this morning.
The decision to move the notice was taken by opposition parties on Monday to prevent Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders from speaking in the House on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address, as well as to suspend eight MPs.
Sources said that while the Opposition is ready to move the notice, they would wait to see if the government would address their concerns.
While various opposition parties, including the Congress, RJD, Samajwadi Party and DMK and Left parties, are on board and have signed the notice against the Speaker, the TMC has not yet signed it.
Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi has not signed the notice to move the resolution to remove the Speaker from office, sources said.
Birla called some floor leaders of opposition parties at 12.30 pm to discuss the issue of allowing the Lok Sabha to function.
Sources said the government has told the Opposition that it will decide and convey its decision to allow opposition leaders, including Gandhi, to speak in the Lok Sabha.
After this, the Opposition will decide whether to move the notice against the Speaker to the Lok Sabha secretary general at 1 pm, the sources said.
Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, and some others had met Birla on Monday afternoon to work out a solution to end the stalemate, as the House has not been functioning properly since the former Congress chief was not allowed to speak on the India-China issue last week.
Sources had said on Monday that a notice for resolution in this matter would be given in the Lok Sabha soon, and signatures of MPs are being procured.
They said that a notice for the resolution is likely to be given under Article 94-C of the Constitution to the Lok Sabha secretary general, and over 100 opposition MPs have already signed it.
The notice is being given to move a resolution for the removal of the Speaker to prevent the leader of the opposition from speaking in the House on the motion of thanks, for not initiating action against BJP MP Nishikant Dubey for his unsubstantiated charges against women MPs of the Congress, and to suspend eight opposition MPs, the sources said.
The Lok Sabha has not been functioning properly ever since Gandhi was not allowed to speak on February 2. The Rajya Sabha started the discussion on the Union Budget for 2026-27.
