'Had concrete info that Cong MPs could carry out unexpected act'

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said he had concrete information that many Congress MPs could carry out an “unexpected act” by reaching the spot where Prime Minister Narendra Modi sits and therefore he asked him not to come to the House to deliver his address.

- MPOST BUREAU

LS Speaker Om Birla conducts proceedings in the House on Thursday

(PTI)

If this incident had taken place, then this would have left the democratic traditions of the country in shreds, Birla said as the House reassembled at 3 PM.

In a sharp response to Birla’s remarks in the House, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra alleged that Prime Minister Modi is “hiding behind” the Speaker and termed as “absolute lie” the claim that there was any plan to hurt Modi.

Lashing out at opposition members, the Speaker said the conduct of some of them in his office on Wednesday was not appropriate and in fact was “like a black spot”.

“With sadness I have to inform that some members displayed such behaviour in the House on Wednesday that had never been witnessed in its history” he said.