Speaker Om Birla says he advised PM not to come to Lok Sabha, had ‘definite information’ of Opposition protests

Beforing adjourning continuing for the day, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla mentioned he had advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to come to the Home on Wednesday (February 5, 2026) over “particular data” that Opposition members had been prepared to protest in an “unprecedented method”.

The Home handed the Movement of Thanks on the President’s handle on Thursday (February 6, 2026) with out the customary reply by the PM.

The Prime Minister had been scheduled to reply to the dialogue on the movement thanking President Droupadi Murmu for her handle to the joint sitting of Parliament at round 5 p.m. on Wednesday (February 3, 2026). Nonetheless, the Home had to be adjourned as ladies MPs from Opposition events walked throughout the aisle and held up banners in entrance of the Mr. Modi’s entrance row seat.

They had been protesting a BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s allegations in opposition to former Congress PMs.

The Congress later hinted that it will solely permit the Prime Minister to converse when Chief of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi was additionally permitted to converse.

Mr. Birla additionally reprimanded the Opposition for his or her behaviour in his chamber on Wednesday (February 3, 2026) after the Home was adjourned till 5 p.m.

Congress members met Mr. Birla in his chamber, questioning the Chair’s determination to permit Mr. Dubey and demanding motion in opposition to him.

By late night, the Speaker’s workplace had expunged many of the objectionable remarks from the Home data.