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Motion of Thanks 2026
February 8 , 2026
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- The Lok Sabha had passed the Motion of Thanks by a voice vote, without Prime Minister’s customary reply.
- After repeated disruptions from the morning, the Speaker took up the Motion of Thanks and put the amendments moved by the Opposition to vote.
- They were rejected.
- Mr. Birla then read out the Motion of Thanks to the President for her address to both Houses of Parliament on January 28
- It was passed by a voice vote, even as the Opposition sloganeering continued.
- The Prime Minister was not present in the House of People when the Motion was put to vote.
- Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh were also not present.
- The last time that the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address was passed without the PM’s reply was in June 2004
- The then-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could not deliver his reply to the debate in the Lok Sabha.
- The Rajya Sabha adopted a Motion to thank President Droupadi Murmu for her address to the Joint Session of Parliament.
- Here the PM’s speech lasted 97 minutes.
- The amendments moved by Opposition MPs were defeated in a voice vote in their absence.
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