No-Confidence Motion Debate To Start At 12 Noon, Rahul Gandhi To Lead Oppn Charge. Top Points

The no-confidence motion was moved by Congress and supported by the newly formed opposition bloc INDIA in an attempt to force Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak on the ethnic clashes in Manipur.

New Delhi: The much-awaited debate on the no-confidence motion moved against the Narendra Modi-led government in Lok Sabha will start at 12 noon on Tuesday. It was tabled by the Congress and supported by the newly formed opposition bloc INDIA in an attempt to force Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak on the ongoing ethnic clashes in Manipur.

PM Modi will reply to the motion on Thursday (August 10).

Since the beginning of the Monsoon session, the Parliament proceedings have been disrupted as the Opposition bloc have remained steadfast over their demand for a statement by the Prime Minister on the floor of the House.

The no-confidence motion is a formal proposal initiated by the opposition in the Lok Sabha, in accordance with Rule 198 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, to express their lack of confidence in the ruling government. If passed, the motion requires the ruling party to demonstrate its majority in the Lok Sabha, and failure to do so results in the government's resignation. 

Top points on the no-confidence motion debate slated to be held tomorrow:

• Rahul Gandhi is likely to open the debate from the opposition side in the House tomorrow after he was reinstated as the Lok Sabha Member of Parliament earlier today, days after Supreme Court stayed his conviction in the 'Modi surname' defamation case.
  
  


• On July 26, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi filed the no-confidence motion on behalf of the united Opposition. BRS MP Nama Nageshwara Rao also filed a no-confidence motion.
  
  


• The Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla admitted the motion after conducting a head count of over 50 MPs and had said that he will inform the schedule for discussion.
  
  


• The Lok Sabha business advisory committee has allocated three days for a discussion on the no-confidence motion.
  
  


• The ruling party has a majority in both houses and hence the no-confidence motion would be smooth sailing for the NDA. 
  
  


• The Opposition has said that the objective behind this move was to push PM Modi to reply in Parliament on the Manipur issue.
  
  


• This is not the first time that the Modi government is going to face a no-confidence motion. In 2018, its former ally Telugu Desam Party moved a no-confidence motion against the Centre, accusing it of non-allocation of adequate funds to Andhra Pradesh.