The Opposition threw almost everything they had at the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla with this no-confidence motion, but It got shot down super fast by a plain voice vote, in the right middle of all the shouting and chaos from the opposition side.
On the 11th during the Budget session. Congress MP Mohammad Javed (or Jawed, depending on who you ask) moved the thing, and more than 100 opposition MPs—mostly from the INDIA bloc—signed on. They’re saying Speaker Birla’s been way too biased towards the government, constantly cutting off their leaders (especially Rahul Gandhi), not letting them speak on big issues, and even throwing around what they called unfair or baseless comments at some of their women MPs. You know how these accusations fly when the House is already on edge.
The debate went on for a couple of days, got really heated. Amit Shah came in swinging hard to defend Birla, calling the motion “rare and regrettable.” He kept stressing that the Speaker’s job is to be this neutral guy running the show, not some party puppet. Then Shah went after Rahul Gandhi personally—talked about how the LoP skips sessions, travels abroad a lot, and doesn’t really push to speak when he gets the chance. That set the opposition off big time. They started chanting, demanding Shah apologize for what they saw as insulting remarks (some reports even mentioned he slipped in a word like “saala” that got them extra fired up).
Birla himself wasn’t even in the chair for the vote—standard practice to keep things looking fair. So BJP MP Jagdambika Pal was handling proceedings. He kept pleading with the opposition to sit down, behave, let the vote happen normally. But nope—they rushed the well, kept sloganeering, total bedlam. In the end, with everyone yelling, Pal just went for the voice vote. “Ayes” for the motion, “noes” against it. The “noes” won hands down, obviously. Motion defeated, no need for a proper counted division since nobody pushed for it in the mess. House adjourned right after.
These no-confidence moves against a Speaker are super rare—like, maybe happened a handful of times since independence. And with the NDA’s strong numbers in the Lok Sabha, there was never any real shot at it passing. It was more of a loud protest, a way for the opposition to vent about what they see as unfair treatment and keep the spotlight on supposed bias.
The ruling side’s calling it a victory for proper House rules and decorum. Opposition folks stormed out upset, probably already plotting the next fight—some whispers about targeting the Election Commission chief now. Either way, days like this just show how divided everything is in Parliament right now. So much noise, very little actual talking to each other, and the Speaker stays right where he is.
Sources:
- Hindustan Times: “Opposition’s no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla dismissed”
- The Times of India: “No-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla defeated by voice vote amid opposition protest”
- The Hindu: “Lok Sabha defeats motion to remove Om Birla, as Shah insists Speaker is ‘neutral custodian’ of Parliament”
- NDTV and The Wire reports from March 11, 2026, covering the debate, Shah’s remarks, and the final voice vote.
