India, Feb. 10 -- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday responded to the no-confidence motion submitted against him by the Opposition, asking the Lower House secretariat to "examine the notice and expedite the process".

The motion, carrying 118 signatures, was submitted to Lok Sabha secretary general Utpal Kumar Singh by Congress leaders K Suresh, Gaurav Gogoi, and Md Javed.

Birla's response to the no-confidence motion came within an hour of its submission. He asked the Lok Sabha secretariat "to examine the no-confidence notice and to expedite the process".

The resolution has been moved under Article 94(c) of the Constitution, alleging a "blatantly partisan manner" in the conduct of the Lok Sabha proceedings, according to the text of t...