New Delhi: The 2026 Budget Session of Parliament has been quite tumultuous so far. Every day, the proceedings of the House have to be adjourned due to disruptions by opposition MPs. On Monday, too, the Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned. Meanwhile, sources have revealed that opposition MPs have planned to bring a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. According to sources, the opposition will introduce it in the second phase of the Budget Session 2026, as it requires a 20-day notice. The reasons cited for this decision include, first, not allowing Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi to speak in the Lok Sabha; second, the presiding officer on the chair naming female MPs; third, some treasury bench MPs always being given preferential treatment in the House; and finally, the manner in which eight opposition MPs were suspended for the entire session.
The decision to bring a no-confidence motion against the Lok Sabha Speaker came after the opposition alleged that the Leader of the Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was not allowed to speak in the House during the discussion on the motion of thanks on the President’s address. Last week, there was sloganeering and uproar in the lower house of Parliament when Rahul Gandhi referred to the “unpublished” memoirs of former Army Chief General MM Naravane to discuss the 2020 standoff with China.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla had passed an order asking Rahul Gandhi not to refer to “unpublished” literature and refused to allow him to read from it. On February 5, Speaker Birla said that he had urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to come to the House to prevent any untoward incident, as he had received information that some Congress MPs might approach PM Modi’s seat in the House and “do something that has never happened before.” No legislative business was conducted in the Lok Sabha today, Monday, as Speaker Birla adjourned the House until 12 pm amidst sloganeering by the opposition demanding a discussion on the India-US interim trade framework, disrupting Question Hour. The House was adjourned just about seven minutes after it convened.
As Question Hour began, sloganeering continued from the opposition benches, with MPs demanding that their issues be addressed. However, Speaker Birla appealed to the members to maintain decorum, assuring them that no member would be prevented from speaking in the House. Criticizing the opposition members for disrupting the proceedings, he asked, “Do you want to adjourn the House? Do you not want to work? The House is for debate and discussion; please talk about the issues and raise them. Everyone will get a chance to speak; no one will be stopped from speaking.”
With the continuous sloganeering, Speaker Birla adjourned the House until 12 pm. Discussions on the Union Budget 2026-27, which was presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, were scheduled to continue in both Houses of Parliament on Monday. Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2026-27 in the Lok Sabha for the ninth consecutive time.
