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Opposition parties have submitted a notice to the General Secretary of the House on Tuesday (February 10, 2026) to remove Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla from the post. About 120 MPs from Congress, Samajwadi Party, DMK and many other parties have signed the notice given by the opposition. However, 28 TMC MPs have not yet signed the notice of no-confidence motion against Om Birla.
Like Om Birla, attempts have been made several times in the past to remove the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from the post, but none of the attempts were successful. Till now, no proposal to remove the Lok Sabha Speaker from the post has ever been passed in the Lok Sabha.
What is the rule of the Constitution?
According to the Constitution, the support of at least 50 MPs is required to bring a no-confidence motion against the Speaker. After this it is discussed in the House and then voting is conducted. To remove the Speaker, a majority of the total members of the House is required.
Proposal to remove Lok Sabha Speaker
Many proposals have been brought so far to remove the Lok Sabha Speaker, but not a single proposal has been successful. There are three big cases recorded in history, in which a formal no-confidence motion was presented against the Speaker. The first case is of the year 1954. At that time Mr. V. Mavalankar was the Lok Sabha speaker. Socialist leader Vigneshwar Mishra had presented a motion against him, but it did not get sufficient support in the House and the motion was rejected. For the second time in the year 1966, a resolution was brought against Sardar Hukum Singh. This proposal was presented by socialist leader Madhu Limaye. This was also discussed, but in the end this proposal was defeated and the Speaker remained in his post. For the third time in the year 1987, Somnath Chatterjee presented a motion against Balram Jakhar. This matter was also much discussed, but it did not get the required majority in the voting and the proposal could not be passed.
Notices given by the opposition in Lok Sabha
PTI, quoting sources in the Lok Sabha Secretariat, has reported that at present the notice given by the opposition in the Lok Sabha will be first scrutinized and further action will be taken as per the rules. There is also a provision in Article 94C of the Constitution that the person holding the post of Speaker can be removed through a resolution passed by the House with a simple majority.
The Speaker can defend himself under the Constitution – Achari
In this regard, former Lok Sabha Secretary General PDT Achari told PTI that as per tradition, to calculate the majority, all the members of the House are counted and not the members present and voting for the motion. He also said that the notice to remove the Speaker from the post is submitted to the Lok Sabha Secretary General and not to the Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker or anyone else.
After serving the notice, the initial stage is to examine what specific allegations are involved. Specific allegations are necessary in this, because only then the Speaker will be able to answer. Under Article 96 of the Constitution, the Speaker has also been given the right to defend himself. Apart from this, according to Article 96, the Speaker does not have the right to preside over the House until a proposal to remove him from the post is under consideration in the Lok Sabha. After which the Presiding Chairman of the House puts the proposal for consideration of the Lok Sabha.