NEW DELHI, 9 Feb 2026: The Lok Sabha standoff has intensified as Congress women MPs wrote to the Lok Sabha Speaker, strongly rejecting what they call false, baseless and defamatory allegations against them. The Opposition has accused the Speaker of acting under pressure from the ruling party, escalating the political confrontation inside Parliament.
Women Members of Parliament from the Congress party on Monday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, expressing strong objection to what they described as “grave allegations” that they had “threatened or attempted to obstruct” Prime Minister Narendra Modi inside the House last week.
The controversy erupted after Speaker Birla stated that he had received information suggesting Opposition MPs could do “something unexpected,” adding that he decided to adjourn the House to prevent unpleasant scenes in what he described as the temple of democracy.
According to the sequence of events, as the clock approached 5 p.m. on February 4, members were waiting for the Prime Minister to enter the Lok Sabha and begin his address.
However, protests continued inside the House, during which about eight to nine women MPs from the Opposition benches reportedly gathered around the Prime Minister’s designated seat. Among those named were Geniben Thakor, Varsha Gaikwad, Jyotimati, R. Sudha, K. Kavya and Shobha Bachhav.
The Congress party, however, rejected the allegations, describing them as “baseless”.
Following the adjournment, the Prime Minister’s scheduled reply to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address was cancelled.
In their letter to the Speaker, the women Congress MPs said, “We write this letter with deep anguish and a strong sense of constitutional responsibility. It is extremely unfortunate that you, as the Honourable Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the constitutional custodian of this august House, have been forced by the ruling party to make false, baseless, and defamatory allegations against women Members of Parliament belonging to the Opposition, particularly from the Indian National Congress.”
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