Lok Sabha to discuss no-confidence motion from August 8 to 10; PM Modi to reply on Aug 10

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Lok Sabha is all set to take up the discussion on no-confidence motion from August 8 to 10 with Prime Minister Narendra Modi likely to reply to the opposition-sponsored move on the last day. The decision was taken at the Lok Sabha's business advisory committee meeting which was boycotted by the opposition bloc INDIA and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi, as they demanded that the House should immediately take up the motion and protested the government pushing through its legislative agenda. The government has insisted that there are no rules or precedence which make it mandatory for the House to take up the no-confidence motion immediately.

It has argued that rules state the motion should be taken up for discussion within 10 working days of being admitted. Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, who represents Kaliabor constituency in Assam, had moved the motion on behalf of opposition parties of INDIA alliance to make PM Modi speak in Parliament on the Manipur violence issue. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla had admitted the motion against the government on July 26.

For a no-confidence motion to be admitted it requires the support of at least 50 members of the House. The two Houses have seen repeated adjournments since the commencement of monsoon session of Parliament on July 20. The NDA has comfortable majority in the Lok Sabha but a no-confidence motion is often used as a tool by the opposition to force a discussion in the House on particular issues.

The motion is a move exercised by an Opposition party to force the government of the day to prove its majority on the floor of the House. If the motion is passed, the government must resign. It is different from motion of confidence.