India reposes confidence in govt, not Opposition: Modi

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ghamandiya" (arrogant) bloc of parties that he said will be routed in the elections. Modi declared that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will return to power in 2024, slammed those who brought the motion for failing to do their homework, and challenged the Opposition to bring a similar motion in 2028, at the end of a third term, just as they had done in 2018 and now in 2023, both ahead of Lok Sabha polls. “In 2018, it was God’s will that the opposition brought a no-confidence motion.

I had said then too that this is not a test of the government but is their own floor test. When the vote happened, the Opposition couldn’t even get all the votes it had. And when we went to the electorate, people expressed their no-confidence in the opposition.

The NDA (National Democratic Alliance) and BJP got even more seats. The opposition’s no-confidence motion is auspicious for us. I can see you have decided that NDA and BJP will break all records in 2024 and come back with people’s blessings," Modi said at the outset of his speech, laying the tone for a speech marked by both confidence and belligerence.

Modi was speaking in the Lok Sabha at the end of the debate triggered by a no-confidence motion brought by Congress parliamentarian Gaurav Gogoi against the government’s failure to restore peace and normalcy in Manipur. Modi hit out at the Opposition on several counts. First, he accused them of not paying serious attention to lawmaking in Parliament and highlighted the significance of legislation passed in this session to which he said the Opposition could have constructively contributed.