New Delhi: Several opposition parties have joined hands to move a motion to remove Om Birla from the post of Lok Sabha Speaker.
All attempts to remove the LS speaker were unsuccessfulOn Tuesday afternoon, members of the opposition submitted a notice to move the proposal. Sources in the Lok Sabha Secretariat said that the notice will be examined and processed as per rules.
Attempts have been made to remove the speaker in the past, but none have been successful.
At least two Lok Sabha members must sign the notice for moving a motion for removal of the Speaker. Any number of members can sign the notice, but a minimum of two is mandatory.
The Speaker can be removed from office by a motion passed in Parliament by a simple majority. Article 94C of the Constitution provides for such action.
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“Majority of all members of the House is counted, not the members present and voting, which is the normal practice. This means the effective membership of the House excluding vacancies is used to calculate the majority,” former Lok Sabha general secretary PDT Achari told PTI.
The notice should be submitted to the Secretary General of the Lok Sabha, not the Deputy Speaker or anyone else, he said.
The document is then scrutinized at a preliminary stage to see if it contains “very specific charges”.
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“At the edge itself, there is a process of recognition. At that stage, it is seen whether there is specific charge. Only then will the speaker be able to respond if the specific charge is required,” explained Achari.
Resolutions must not contain defamatory language or content.
Article 96 allows the Speaker to defend himself in the House.
The language of the proposed resolution is usually vetted by the Deputy Speaker, but since the current Lok Sabha does not have a Deputy Speaker, it may be vetted by the most senior member of the Chairperson’s panel.
The panel helps the Speaker run the House in his absence.
“The Speaker examining a resolution seeking his removal seems unreasonable,” Achari said, adding that the rules are silent on the matter.
Once the processing part is over, the resolution reaches the House. But it can go to the House after 14 days, Acharya said.
The Speaker then placed it in the House for consideration. It is actually the House that admits it, or as the rule says, “allows”.
Achari added, “The Speaker then asks the members to stand for the resolution. If 50 members stand in favor of it, if the criteria are met, the Speaker declares that the House has given its permission. Once the House gives its permission, it has to be taken up for discussion and disposed of within 10 days.”
There are precedents for moving resolutions. But none have been accepted so far.
“The reason: governments have a majority,” said Achari.
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