{"id":66474,"date":"2026-02-11T18:24:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=66474"},"modified":"2026-02-11T18:25:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:55:02","slug":"no-confidence-speaker-lok-sabha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/11-02-2026\/no-confidence-speaker-lok-sabha","title":{"rendered":"No-Confidence Motion Against Speaker of Lok Sabha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/ Indian Polity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A no-confidence motion (resolution for removal) has been submitted against the Lok Sabha Speaker under <strong>Article 94(c)<\/strong> of the Constitution of India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Speaker of Lok Sabha&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The presiding officer of <strong>India\u2019s Lower House of Parliament,<\/strong> the Lok Sabha Speaker, is the constitutional and ceremonial head of the House.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the absence of the Speaker, the <strong>Deputy Speaker discharges<\/strong> his\/her functions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Article 93<\/strong> of the Indian Constitution provides for the election of both the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Generally, a member belonging to the <strong>ruling party<\/strong> is elected as Speaker.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The salary and allowances of the Speaker of Lok Sabha are <strong>charged on the Consolidated Fund of India <\/strong>and hence are not subject to the annual vote of Parliament.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Appointment of the Lok Sabha Speaker<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There are two methods for the appointment of a Lok Sabha speaker.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The ruling party nominates<\/strong> a candidate using the first and most practiced method. After a formal consultation with the opposition party, the candidate is named the Speaker of Lok Sabha for the respective assembly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>However, in the less practiced method, the <strong>ruling and opposition party nominates one candidate<\/strong> from each side for the position. The Speaker is elected based on votes cast by the present MPs of the Lok Sabha on the day of the election.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <strong>72 years<\/strong> of the Lok Sabha Assembly, the election for the Speaker post has taken place thrice, i.e., <strong>in 1952, 1976 and 2024.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Removal of the Speaker<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Article 94(c): <\/strong>The Speaker may be removed by a <strong>resolution of the Lok Sabha <\/strong>passed by a <strong>majority of all the then members <\/strong>of the House.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is known as an <strong>effective majority<\/strong> (majority of the total effective strength, excluding vacancies).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the motion is passed, the <strong>Speaker is removed immediately<\/strong> but <strong>continues as an MP.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Notice Requirement: <\/strong>At least <strong>14 days <\/strong>written notice must be given before moving the resolution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Minimum Support for Admission:<\/strong> The motion must be supported by <strong>at least 50 <\/strong>members to be admitted for discussion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>During the Pendency of Motion:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Speaker <strong>cannot preside<\/strong> over the House during the discussion of the motion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Deputy Speaker or another member presides.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Speaker has the <strong>right to participate and defend himself.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Lok Sabha Speakers Removed So Far<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>No Speaker of the Lok Sabha<\/strong> has ever been successfully removed from office through a no-confidence or removal motion. Attempts have been made, but they continued holding office.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In 1954, members moved a motion against Speaker <strong>GV Mavalankar.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Speaker <strong>Hukam Singh<\/strong> faced a similar motion in 1966.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A motion was moved in 1987 against Speaker <strong>Balram Jakhar.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Neelam Sanjiva Reddy<\/strong> resigned as Lok Sabha Speaker in 1969. He later became the President of the country.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>GV Mavalankar,<\/strong> the first Lok Sabha Speaker, died while serving in office. <strong>GMC Balayogi <\/strong>died in a helicopter crash in 2002 while serving as Speaker.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/congress-opposition-no-confidence-motion-parliament-lok-sabha-om-birla-updates\/article70614236.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong> Context <\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\"> A no-confidence motion (resolution for removal) has been submitted against the Lok Sabha Speaker under Article 94(c) of the Constitution of India. <\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong> Speaker of Lok Sabha\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\"> The presiding officer of India\u2019s Lower House of Parliament, the Lok Sabha Speaker, is the constitutional and ceremonial head of the House. <\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\"> In the absence of the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker discharges his\/her functions. <\/li>\n<p><a href=\" https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/11-02-2026\/no-confidence-speaker-lok-sabha \" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66474"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66476,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66474\/revisions\/66476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}