Protem Speaker Bhatruhari Mahtab clarified on the floor of the House that the Opposition was not "pressing for division". Later, Congress spokesman Jairam Ramesh said on X: "INDIA parties exercised their democratic right and moved motions in support of Kodikunnil Suresh... Voice vote was taken. Thereafter, INDIA parties could have insisted on division. They did not do so. This is because they wanted a spirit of consensus and cooperation to prevail, a spirit singularly lacking in the actions of the PM and the NDA."
