Speaker Om Birla has expressed his displeasure over the postponement of PM Modi’s speech regarding the motion of thanks on the President’s address in the Lok Sabha. He said that Congress MPs had surrounded the PM’s chair, due to which I had advised him not to come to the Lok Sabha. The Lok Sabha Speaker said, ‘The country saw what happened in the House yesterday. Everyone saw how the MPs tried to go towards the PM’s chair in the House.
Anything could have happened with PM: Om Birla
Before the adjournment of the House, the Lok Sabha Speaker said on Thursday (5 February 2026), ‘What happened in the House was like a black spot. I have received solid information that Congress MPs can do something unexpected by reaching out to the Prime Minister. If this incident had happened, it would not have been highly condemnable. I requested the PM that he should not come to the House and he agreed to my request.
MPs created ruckus in Lok Sabha Chamber: Om Birla
The Speaker said that some MPs created a ruckus after coming into the Lok Sabha chamber and they were already aware that the opposition MPs led by the Congress might try to create chaos during the Prime Minister’s address. He said, ‘In our parliamentary system, the Constitution has ensured a dignified place for the Speaker of the House. Political differences have not been brought to the table in Parliament.
PM Modi’s speech postponed a day earlier
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to reply to the motion of thanks on Wednesday (4 February 2026), but due to the uproar by opposition women MPs, Speaker Sandhya Rai adjourned the proceedings.
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari had said about this, ‘Many women MPs of the opposition entered the well of the House and moved towards the Prime Minister’s chair. Our senior ministers repeatedly explained to them that they should go to their places because PM Modi was about to come, but they ignored them. The Prime Minister could not enter the House as the situation in the House went out of control.
