Speaking to ANI, Kushwaha said, "The Opposition has become desperate, in this desperation, they take unconstitutional, unnecessary steps as they want to somehow revive themselves. The motion they are bringing now has no meaning whatsoever."
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday said he has not been consulted regarding the Opposition's plan to move a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, even as he acknowledged being aware of the intention.
Women Members of Parliament from the Indian National Congress on Monday wrote a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla alleging that the ruling party forced him to make "false, baseless, and defamatory" claims against them.
Speaking to ANI, Chidambaram said, "Parliament is for debating and following procedure that includes giving space to the Opposition to raise issues of concern to the nation. Opposition parties use various tools to register their protest, and this is a tool to do so."
After the Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary moved the motion to discuss the Union Budget, Opposition MPs continued to demand a discussion on the India-US trade interim framework.
According to Rajiv Dutta, Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Kota MP and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, the district administration rushed to the spot immediately after receiving information about the incident. Rescue operations are ongoing to retrieve people trapped under the debris.
In an exclusive interview with ANI, reacting to recent remarks by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Ansari voiced a concern over the possibility of external powers--or the executive--overshadowing the Speaker's constitutional power, asking, "Can someone be so powerful that he will suppress the