Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 -- Congress MP KC Venugopal has alleged that the government is pressuring Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to engage in "anti-democratic parliamentary activities," prompting the opposition to bring a no-confidence motion against him.

He added that while Birla is a "good man", his actions are being influenced by government pressure, and this needs to be exposed.

Speaking to ANI, Venugopal said, "This is the biggest reason for this no-confidence motion. Basically, our argument is that the government is pressuring the Speaker to engage in anti-democratic parliamentary activities. This is our complaint. There are parliamentary conventions and procedures. The government is trying to break all parliamentary conventions a...