With Opposition MPs giving notice for a no-confidence motion against Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday, the question is: Is this an answer? In a climate of polarisation, amid repeated adjournments of the House, the Opposition has a set of grievances that are legitimate. Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi was not allowed to complete his speech on the motion of thanks on the President’s address, the rulebook was waved to silence him when he tried to read out from the unpublished memoirs of a former Army chief. Nor was this an isolated instance — even earlier, rules have been interpreted to discourage debate, rather than encourage........

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