Narendra Modi has chosen to remain silent in Parliament, prompting the necessity of introducing a no-confidence motion to prompt a response. Stating that the PM had taken a 'maun vrat' (vow of silence) to not speak in the Parliament so the opposition was compelled to introduce the motion to “break his silence." “Why did he not visit Manipur to date? Why did it take almost 80 days to finally speak on Manipur and when he did speak it was just for 30 seconds? Why has the Chief Minister not been sacked the Manipur CM so far?," Gogoi asked.
Speaking in Lok Sabha, Gogoi said that the opposition I.N.D.I.A. alliance has brought the no-trust motion for Manipur as the state wants justice.
“We have three questions for him - 1) Why did he not visit Manipur to date? 2) Why did it take almost 80 days to finally speak on Manipur and when he did speak it was just for 30 seconds? 3) Why has the CM not sacked the Manipur CM so far?" Earlier in the day, K Suresh, the Congress chief whip, announced that Rahul Gandhi, who was recently reappointed as a Lok Sabha MP, would initiate the discussion on the no-confidence motion. Also Read: Ahead of no-confidence motion, BJP issues whip to Lok Sabha MPs from 7-11 August Insiders revealed to ANI that a total duration of 12 hours has been allocated for the debate.
The ruling BJP is slated to have approximately seven hours for their participation, while the Congress party has been granted around one hour and 15 minutes for their contribution. YSRCP, Shiv Sena, JDU, BJD, BSP, BRS, and LJP have collectively been granted a two-hour timeframe, distributed proportionally based on their respective numbers of MPs in the House.
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