No-confidence motion in parliament: What is at stake in NDA's 331 vs Opposition's 144?
Narendra Modi government. Speaker Birla has said that he will inform the members about the date for a discussion on the matter as per rules after discussing the same with leaders of all parties. The move comes amid an ongoing outcry about the violence in north eastern state of Manipur between Meitei and Kuki Zo community that broke out on 3 May this year.
Recently videos went viral showing two Kuki Zo women being paraded naked by a mob of Meitei men. The alliance of 26 opposition parties, INDIA, had decided to move the motion in order to make Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak in Parliament on the Manipur violence, senior leaders of the front had said. However, contentions have arisen that the Opposition bloc I.N.D.I.A does not enjoy the Lok Sabha's majority to have tables the No Confidence motion.
The delay in action and the mishandling of the crisis that has only tales of horror to narrate for Manipur caused continuous logjam in both houses of parliament since the monsoon session began on 20 July. Opposition MP Gaurav Gogoi, who moved the No Confidence Motion against the PM Narendra Modi government said, “INDIA alliance is aware of its numbers in the Lok Sabha but this is not just about numbers. This is about Manipur's fight for justice.
A message should go out to the brothers and sisters of Manipur that PM Modi might have forgotten Manipur but INDIA alliance stands with them". BRS MP Nama Nageshwar Rao also submitted a notice to move a no-confidence motion against the Union Council of Ministers. The K Chandrashekar Rao-led Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) is not a part of the INDIA alliance.
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