New Delhi: Women MPs from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, urging him to take strict action against opposition MPs for allegedly committing “heinous acts” inside the House during last week’s proceedings.
Today’s letter comes a day after a group of Congress women MPs wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker, rejecting allegations that their protest (on February 4) created a threat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asserting that his absence from the House during the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address was “an act of fear”.
The MPs praised Om Birla for successfully maintaining order and decorum during the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address.
“We wish to express our profound gratitude and admiration for the exemplary manner in which you upheld and protected the dignity, decorum, and sanctity of the Lok Sabha during the discussion on the Motion of Thanks on the Honourable President’s Address on February 4, 2026. On that day, the entire House, and indeed the entire nation, witnessed one of the most unfortunate and regrettable incidents inside the Lok Sabha chamber,” the letter stated. Detailing the alleged misconduct, the BJP MPs claimed that opposition MPs disrupted proceedings in an unprecedented manner.
“We saw members of the opposition party not only entering the well of the House but also climbing onto the Speaker’s table, tearing up papers, and throwing them towards the Speaker.
Furthermore, sadly, some Honourable women members, behaving aggressively and carrying banners and placards, crossed over banners and placards, crossed over to the other side. They not only surrounded the Prime Minister’s seat but also entered the Treasury benches where senior ministers sit,” the letter said.
The controversy follows unprecedented disruptions in the Lok Sabha last week, during which the Prime Minister did not deliver his scheduled reply to the debate on the President’s Address.
It marked the first such instance in 22 years that a Prime Minister could not respond to the debate in the Lower House. The Motion of Thanks was later passed by voice vote amid repeated adjournments.
Speaker had said he received “reliable information” that some Congress MPs might reach the Prime Minister’s seat and cause “unexpected incidents” when Modi was scheduled to speak. He also criticised Opposition members for their conduct and said he advised the Prime Minister not to come to the House at that time.
Opposition protests have centred on demands that Rahul Gandhi be allowed to speak about former Army chief General MM Naravane’s unpublished memoir and related issues on India–China relations. The Speaker had disallowed references to a media article on the book, citing House rules, a move backed by senior ministers.
