Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla was upset at the repeated disruptions in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday when some members tore papers and threw them at the Chair.
(The Speaker holds the dignity of the House in highest esteem and expects members to maintain decorum during the proceedings, sources say.)
As Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla skipped the House proceedings for the second consecutive day on Aug 3, Thursday, to express displeasure over disruptions, Congress floor leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury reached out to him with a plea to return to the Chair.
As soon as the Lok Sabha convened for the day, Mr Chowdhury said, "When the House convenes, we wish to see the Speaker in the Chair. It is our demand that the Speaker return to the Chair. The entire House likes the Speaker".
"Sir, please urge the Speaker to return to the chair. Whatever the differences, we will resolve them. The Speaker is our custodian," he said.
BJP MP Rajendra Agarwal, who presided over the Question Hour, said he will convey the senior member's request to Speaker Mr Birla.
YSRCP member Midhun Reddy was in the chair when House met at 11 am took up Question Hour on Wednesday.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday stayed away from Lok Sabha proceedings, expressing his displeasure at the repeated disruptions during the Monsoon Session. A tussle between the Opposition and the BJP over the Manipur issue has stalled the proceedings.
The Lok Sabha failed to record any legislative business, adjourning a little after 2 pm, as it failed to take up the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023, for consideration and passage.
"The Speaker was upset..." -- was the refrain. It is learnt Mr Birla is unhappy at the manner members conducted themselves on Aug 1, Tueaday during the passage of Bills in the Lok Sabha.
“The Opposition disrupted the intervention of the ministers” after many of their leaders got a chance to present their views, is one version.
In the Lok Sabha, both Presiding Officers — the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker — are elected from among its members by a simple majority of members present and voting.
In the absence of the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker discharges his functions.
A member of the Panel of Chairpersons, which assists the Speaker in his functioning, presides over the House in the absence of both the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.
On Wednesday, YSRCP leader Midhun Reddy and BJP’s Kirit Solanki filled in for Birla as the Lok Sabha does not have a Deputy Speaker, reported 'Indian Express'.
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