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No-trust motion against Modi govt accepted in Lok Sabha

The speaker said that she will notify the date for discussion on the no-confidence motion in “2-3 days” 

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media ahead of Parliament’s monsoon session, in New Delhi. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar, Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region Jitendra Singh and Union MoS for Parliamentary Affairs Vijay Goel are also seen. Photograph: Kamal Singh/PTI Photo

A no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government was on Wednesday moved in the Lok Sabha, with Speaker Sumitra Mahajan admitting the notice and saying she would announce the date for a debate on it in “2-3 days”..

The speaker named all opposition members who had moved similar no-confidence motions and said Telugu Desam Party’s Kesineni Srinivas would move his motion as his name had come up in the lottery.

The member of the TDP, which had quit the ruling National Democratic Alliance coalition in March protesting against the government not giving a special package to Andhra Pradesh, moved the motion during Zero Hour which was admitted by the speaker.

Mahajan said that she will notify the date for discussion on the no-confidence motion in “2-3 days”.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said the government was ready to face the no-confidence motion and win it as it enjoyed a two-third majority in the House.

The TDP members had moved a no-confidence motion during the budget session of Parliament also.

But it was rejected by the Speaker on the ground that the House was not in order as there were continuous protests in the Well by different political parties on various issues.

Source: Rediff