The National Democratic Alliance may call off its plan for a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker [ Images ] Somnath Chatterjee [ Images ].

The decision was taken after the Speaker suggested a Presidential reference on a Supreme Court directive to hold a confidence vote in the Jharkhand Assembly on Friday.

The Centre had told Chief Minister Shibu Soren [ Images ] to resign after the assembly was adjourned without holding the vote.

"We may not move the motion. A decision will be taken at a meeting of NDA leaders on Monday," party Vice President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told journalists in New Delhi [ Images ] on Saturday.

He added, "We are not against him (Chatterjee). We are against the manner in which Soren was installed as chief minister."

"We wonder why the Centre remained a silent spectator while the governor made a mockery of the Constitution," Naqvi said.

Earlier reports:

Munda invited to form govt

Shibu Soren resigns on Centre's bidding