New Delhi, March 11 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 11 March launched a sharp attack on the Opposition in the Lok Sabha over the no-confidence motion moved against Speaker Om Birla. Shah accused the Opposition of undermining parliamentary traditions and casting unwarranted doubts on the neutrality of the Lok Sabha Chair.

Shah said the move was unprecedented in recent decades and reflected poorly on parliamentary politics and noted that when the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance was in the Opposition, it never attempted to bring a no-confidence motion against the Speaker and instead acted as a constructive Opposition.

"While being in Opposition, the BJP-NDA never brought a no-confidence motion against the Lok Sa...