Parliament Monsoon Session LIVE Updates: TDP Opens No-Confidence Debate Against Government
NEW DELHI:
The keenly-watched debate over the no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government is underway in the Lok Sabha. The debate that will last for close to 7 hours was kicked off by Jayadev Galla o Telugu Desam Party (TDP) that moved the no-trust motion. The government will face the no-trus vote in parliament in the evening, after the marathon debate. Moments after the session began, Naveen Patnaik’s Biju Janata Dal walked out of the hall, bringing down the effective house strength to 514. PM Modi met BJP chief Amit Shah and ministers Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Nitin Gadkari and Ananth Kumar shortly before the debate began. The government, its allies and the opposition parties will put forward their view of the performance of the Narendra Modi government. While the opposition will target the government over what it terms as “failures”, the government will not only defend its case, but also inform the country of its “achievements” in the last four years. The BJP’s oldest ally, the Shiv Sena, has decided to stay away from the no-trust vote and its lawmakers are not attending the debate. The Congress, which does not have the numbers to upstage the BJP, has said that the no-trust motion in the parliament monsoon session is “much more than a show of numbers. This morning, PM Modi tweeted calling for a “constructive, disruption-free” debate. “India will be watching us closely,” he said.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be watched carefully as his speech today is widely seen as a launch pad for his campaign for the 2019 general elections.
