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Can Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla be removed? Following the Congress-led Opposition's no-confidence motion notice signed by 103 MPs, we break down the constitutional rules under Article 94.

Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, while addressing the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) meeting held on Monday June 12, 2026, said that the Congress does not require the “neutrality of the Indian State” to operate.

Rajya Sabha Congress' candidate Meenakshi Natarajan is again facing troubles after the Supreme Court on Friday rejected her plea, but this has not deterred her from fighting on as she said that the rejection is not a personal loss but a bigger fight for the country's constitutional values.

NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Rebel TMC LS members plan to meet Speaker Om Birla Monday to seek recognition as the "real TMC" parliamentary group, dissident Cooch Behar MP Jagadish Chandra Basunia said Friday, prompting strong reactions from the faction led by party chief Mamata Banerjee.

NEW DELHI: Leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has said he can vouch for DMK that it will stand with the opposition to defend the "idea of India", in a rare remark about the ally that Congress junked in Tamil Nadu after the recent state elections.

Hyderabad: An additional chief metropolitan magistrate at the Nampally court on Friday refused to hear a private petition filed by a former woman corporator against a number of Congress leaders including Telangana Congress' AICC in-charge Meenakshi Natarajan on grounds of jurisdiction. Meenakshi's nomination papers for a Rajya Sabha seat were rejected by a returning officer in Madhya Pradesh because she had not mentioned this case in her affidavit.

Rebel TMC MP Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia said the dissident camp has already submitted a representation to the Speaker and will formally stake its claim on Monday.

TMC crisis LIVE updates: Twenty rebel MPs from the TMC will meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday to stake claim to be recognised as the "real TMC", rebel MP Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia said on Friday. | India News

NEW DELHI: TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday reacted to Lok Sabha MP Kalyan Banerjee's "arrogant" remark, saying that the senior party leader had the "right to say a few harsh words" as the latter had seen him "grow up".