Om Birla’s behaviour partisan, LoP cut off 20 times: Gaurav Gogoi | India News

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday accepted the opposition’s motion to remove Speaker Om Birla amid a heated debate over who should preside over him when the House deliberates. Initiating the controversy, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi accused Birla of biased behaviour. He said the Speaker made “baseless” allegations against anti-women MPs and repeatedly barred Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi from raising “critical issues” in the House. AIMIM leader as soon as Congress member Mohammad Javed read the notice to move the motion Asaduddin Waisi BJP’s Jagdambika raised a point of order questioning the decision to allow Pal to conduct the proceedings as she was appointed to the panel chaired by Birla. Congress and TMC MPs also said that Pal was not elected by the House, and highlighted that the post of Deputy Speaker has been lying vacant for the past 7 years.Mic being used to silence MPs: GogoiCongress and TMC MPs also said that Pal was not elected by the House, and highlighted that the post of Deputy Speaker had been lying vacant for seven years.While TMC MP Sougat Roy said that Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju should bring a proposal to appoint a presiding officer specifically for this purpose, Rijiju said that YAC’s claim was irrelevant as Pal was able to preside over the LS proceedings when the resolution was taken.Pal then voted on the notice to move the motion and asked at least 50 MPs to stand in its support. The notice was then accepted and Javed read the motion, which was accepted for discussion.When Rahul had to speak on the motion of thanks in the President’s address, Gaurav Gogoi Birla questioned the manner in which he presided over the House. “There was an expectation that the chair would be neutral. But a study of the uncorrected versions will show how often the LoP was disrupted. When the LOP was on its feet, another member was called,” added Gogoi.“Is this the parliamentary tradition we want to show? Microphones are being used to silence MPs. This is in direct conflict with the etiquette of this House,” Gogoi said, referring to how Shos-hee Tharoor’s mic was switched off in the middle of his speech on February 9.“When the LOP wanted to speak on the motion of thanks, he was interrupted 20 times by the Speaker, members of the Chairperson’s panel and senior MPs from the Treasury Bench… in a premeditated manner,” he said.