Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha has said that no legislative business should take place in the Lok Sabha once a no-confidence motion has been accepted. Talking about bills that are seeing passage through the lower house amid continuous uproar over the Manipur issue, Chadha said that he appeals to the Speaker to not take up any bill for discussion until the trust vote is taken up. Speaking with the news agency ANI, he said that a delegation of I.N.D.I.A alliance leaders will visit Manipur.
"No bill is introduced in Parliament after a no-confidence motion is accepted by the Lok Sabha Speaker, but we are seeing that several bills are introduced and passed in Parliament. I appeal to the Speaker that no legislative business should take place in Lok Sabha now...A delegation of the I.N.D.I.A bloc will visit Manipur, with the hope of providing support & stand in solidarity with the people of Manipur, "he said.
On Centre handing over the Manipur viral video case to the Central Bureau of Investigation, the AAP leader said it was 'too little, too late' to hand over the case to the central agency 'after 85 days'.
This comes after the Opposition front, named INDIA, submitted a notice for a no-confidence motion against the government in Lok Sabha on Wednesday in a bid to corner Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Manipur ethnic violence.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla later admitted the motion after a head count of over 50 MPs as required under the rules. Birla said a date and time for discussion on it will be fixed by him after consultation with all parties.
Manickam Tagore, Congress whip in Lok Sabha, said the motion was the Opposition's last weapon against the government. "We wanted to break the arrogance of Modi. He is behaving as an arrogant person - not to come to the Parliament and make a statement on Manipur...We feel that it is our duty to use this last weapon," ANI quoted Tagore as saying.