Monsoon session in the parliament began on a stormy note as the TDP and opposition parties moved a no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan admitted the same and announced in the parliament that the debate on the same will be held on 20th July, Friday. However, suddenly, it was reported that Congress wants the debate on the same deferred and does not want it to take place on 20th.
Cong wants ‘no trust’ motion deferred, doesn’t want debate on Friday #NDANoConfidenceTest pic.twitter.com/XhZ8RqIdQy
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) July 18, 2018
Trinamool Congress led by Mamata Banerjee, who herself harbours dream of becoming the Prime Minister in 2019, too had requested the speaker to change the date as they are ‘busy’. But the Speaker did not accept any such plea.
No confidence motion is a very important aspect of Parliament. We had requested the speaker & govt to change the date. We protested but couldn’t convince them. So, all MPs have been asked to come to Delhi. Whip also will be issued: Dinesh Trivedi, TMC pic.twitter.com/I66XPo8z5v
— ANI (@ANI) July 18, 2018
But, the TMC has now issued a whip to its MPs over the no-confidence motion. The TMC has decided to send all 34 of its MPs for debate and voting on Friday.
We have decided that we will send all 34 TMC Lok Sabha MPs on a whip to be present for discussion and voting of #NoConfidenceMotion in the Parliament, on Friday: TMC leader Derek O’ Brien pic.twitter.com/ITKushWuCo
— ANI (@ANI) July 18, 2018
Meanwhile, the BJP has said that it is confident and issued a three-line whip over the motion. It has also asked its allies in the NDA to issue the whip.
BJP issues three-line whip over #NoConfidenceMotion, also asks its allies in NDA to issue whip
— ANI (@ANI) July 18, 2018
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party’s Ram Gopal Yadav criticised the move of the Opposition and said if we didn’t have the numbers, why try and uproot the government. He said that the idea should be to put the seed of doubt and distrust in the heart of people.
Opposition doesn’t have numbers but have people who will tell others how govt has be-fooled the nation. Sarkar girane layak jab number nahi hai to maksad kyun sarkar girane ka hai? Vishwas ye hai ki janta ke mann mein avishwas paida kar dein: RG Yadav, SP #NoConfidenceMotion pic.twitter.com/XBVLeuifFj
— ANI (@ANI) July 18, 2018
However, Congress’ flip-flop over no-confidence motion by asking for the deferment had people amused. Some implied that perhaps Congress wasn’t confident of the motion being admitted by the speaker.
#Congress is having #Loose_Motions after speaker accepting the request of #NoConfidenceMotion #MonsoonSession
— Ashish Sachdeva (@Ashish31584) July 18, 2018
Coz they know it will allow PM Modi to speak and shatter them. One may not listen his rallies, but certainly goes through his Parliament speeches. They at first didn’t expect motion to be accepted. https://t.co/JgzPYuIFRj
— Abhijit Singh (@abhijitsinghh) July 18, 2018
Morning : Congress Party moved No Confidence Motion
Afternoon : Cong wants No Confidence Motion deferredIs this a parliament proceedings or some Beauty Parlor appointment ??? https://t.co/9OlIqDvfDI
— Rishi Bagree ?? (@rishibagree) July 18, 2018
While some suggested that Congress got scared that Prime Minister Modi will take this opportunity to interact with people of India and set records straight, which may just have an opposite effect of what Congress set out to achieve.
#CongressWantsMotionDeferred:A wise move. Otherwise Narendra Modi will be tearing into opposition while replying on motion.He will get golden opportunity of reaching entire country.This will be advantageous for him in 2019.@TimesNow @Swamy39 @narendramodi @AnanthKumar_BJP @ndtv https://t.co/tU5Gfb0EvG
— Dr.Basavaraj Modi (@DrBasavarajMod1) July 18, 2018
Or is there more to it than it appears?
As suggested earlier,
Congress Party is shocked that Sumitra Tai has accepted No confidence Motion … Now they will disrupt Lok Sabha so that this No confidence Motion doesn’t go thru https://t.co/9OlIqDMQvg— Rishi Bagree ?? (@rishibagree) July 18, 2018
Well, we can only wait till Friday and see how things pan out. Watch this space for the updates.
