Tawang: The debate and subsequent vote on the no-confidence motion moved by the Opposition against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will be taken up on March 9, when the House reassembles after the recess, Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said on Sunday.
“On March 9 in the Lok Sabha, we will have the debate on the no-confidence motion moved against the speaker. It is the rule to take it up on the first day. There will be a vote following the debate,” he told PTI in an interview.
The Budget Session began with the president’s address to the joint sitting of Parliament on January 28 and went on recess on February 12. The Union Budget for 2026 was presented on February 1, and the session will resume on March 9, concluding on April 2.
Rijiju, who is on a visit to his Lok Sabha constituency, Arunachal West, mentioned that during the second part of the session, the government plans to identify specific ministries for discussions.
“In the Lok Sabha, we will discuss the demands for grants in five ministries and in the Rajya Sabha, we will discuss the working of five other ministries. In Rajya Sabha, it will not be on demands for grants but discussions on the ministries,” he said.
“We will bring some important bills, including one critical bill. We will not disclose now as to what the bill is, but we will bring up one very important business in the second part. We will pass all these bills,” he said.
Regarding whether a bill on holding simultaneous elections would be introduced in the second part of the session, he said the government has not decided on it yet, as the Parliamentary committee constituted to examine the legislation has not yet finalised its report.
He warned that if Opposition parties continue their protests as they did during the first part of the session, it would ultimately be detrimental to them.
Hinting at a potential crack in the unity of the opposition, the minister said the Trinamool Congress did not sign the no-confidence motion against the speaker. “Most of the smaller parties are not in favour of stalling the House. They want to raise their issues, especially ahead of the assembly polls,” he said.
