NEW DELHI: With the Monsoon Session of the Parliament kickstarting on Thursday, a motion of no confidence was passed in the Parliament. Along with this, RSS ideologue Rakesh Sinha, classical dancer Sonal Mansingh and sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra were among the seven new members of Rajya Sabha who took the oath of office.

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  1. A no-confidence motion was moved from at least six MPs seeking no trust vote against the Narendra Modi government.

  2. Kesineni Srinivas of the Telugu Desam Party was the first to give his no-confidence

  3. This is the first no-confidence motion against the Modi government.

  4. Speaker Sumitra Mahajan accepted it.

  5. Lok Sabha to take up discussion and voting on no-confidence motion on July 20.

  6. In the parliament, opposition parties can bring a no-confidence motion. This happens when the Prime Minister and his Council of Ministers have lost the support and confidence of the house.

  7. If passed, the Government is bound to vacate the office and will bring the government down.

  8. The no-trust motion does not endanger the BJP-led government as it has 273 members in the Lok Sabha.