Context: Amid continued protests by Opposition, Lok Sabha was adjourned; Speaker says the conduct of some Opposition members in his office was not appropriate, terms it a ‘black spot’
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not reply to the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address before it was passed in the Lok Sabha . In fact, he was not present in the House when the Motion was put to vote.
- The last time that the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address was passed without the Prime Minister’s reply was in June 2004, when then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could not deliver his reply to the debate in the Lok Sabha following BJP protests.
- He had then asked the Lok Sabha to put the Motion to vote without his reply. In his 2005 speech, Dr. Singh mentioned that he had not been allowed to speak the previous year.
- The Rajya Sabha adopted the Motion to Thank President Droupadi Murmu for her Address to the joint session of Parliament. The amendments moved by Opposition MPs were defeated in a voice vote in their absence. The Opposition had walked out of the House during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reply to the debate.
Source: The Hindu