Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said he had advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to come to the House on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, after receiving what he described as “definite information” that Opposition members were preparing to protest in an “unprecedented manner”.
Addressing the House before adjourning proceedings for the day, Mr. Birla said the behaviour witnessed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday was unlike anything seen earlier. “With sadness I have to inform that some members displayed such behaviour in the House that had never been witnessed in its history,” the Speaker said.
The Prime Minister was scheduled to reply to the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address at around 5 p.m. on Wednesday. However, the House was adjourned after women MPs from Opposition parties crossed the aisle and held banners in front of the Prime Minister’s designated seat.
The protests were linked to allegations made by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey against former Congress Prime Ministers. Following the disruption, the Motion of Thanks was passed by the House on Thursday, February 5, 2026, without the customary reply from the Prime Minister.
The Congress later indicated that it would allow the Prime Minister to speak only if Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi was also permitted to address the House.
Mr. Birla also reprimanded Opposition members for their conduct in his chamber after the House was adjourned until 5 p.m. on Wednesday. Congress MPs had met the Speaker to question the Chair’s decision to allow Mr. Dubey’s remarks and demanded action against him.
By late evening, the Speaker’s office expunged several objectionable remarks from the official records of the House.
The developments reflect continuing tensions between the government and the Opposition during the ongoing parliamentary session, with repeated disruptions affecting legislative business.
