India, March 17 -- The Opposition's move in the Lok Sabha to remove Speaker Om Birla from the post undermined the parliamentary traditions, Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta said on Monday.

In a letter written to Birla, he asserted that the neutrality of the Chair of the House is central to the parliamentary democracy of the country and urged that the members respect constitutional institutions.

The resolution brought by the opposition parties, seeking the removal of Om Birla as the Lok Sabha Speaker, was defeated by a voice vote last Wednesday.

Gupta, in his letter to Birla, said, "It is deeply saddening that certain opposition parties, driven by narrow political considerations, chose to bring a motion against the incumbent Speake...