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LS passes Motion of Thanks on President's address without PM's response
Feb-05-2026

The Lok Sabha (LS) passed the Motion of Thanks on the President's address without the customary reply by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the first time since 2004 amid continuing Opposition MPs protests.

Speaker Om Birla put the Opposition’s amendments to the Motion of Thanks to vote and the proposed changes were rejected. The Speaker then read the Motion of Thanks for the President’s January 28 address to both Houses of Parliament. The motion was passed by voice vote as opposition members raised slogans. 

The opposition members then rushed to the Well of the House carrying posters with the prime minister’s picture and the slogan ‘Narendra-Surrender.’ As protests continued, proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm.

Modi was scheduled to reply to the debate on President Droupadi Murmu’s speech in LS on Wednesday. He dropped the plan after the Opposition continued the protests. Modi is set to reply to the debate in the Rajya Sabha today.

The Opposition has for the past three days been protesting against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi not being allowed to quote an excerpt of an unpublished memoir of former Indian Army chief MM Naravane about the political decision-making during the 2020 border tensions between India and China. On Wednesday, the protests had intensified after BJP leader Nishikant Dubey said he brought a series of books allegedly critical of the Gandhi family.


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