New Delhi- The no-confidence motion moved by the Opposition against the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government was defeated in the Lok Sabha on Thursday in the penultimate day of the Monsoon Session.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his long-awaited appearance in Parliament and taunted the Opposition unrelentingly for more than two hours and predicted that the BJP would break all records in next year’s general elections.
Replying to the debate on the no-confidence motion in the Lower House, Modi repeatedly took jibes at the opposition saying they were not prepared for the discussion.
“What kind of debate you have done on the no-confidence motion. I am seeing on social media, even your ‘darbaris (courtiers) are disappointed. This is your condition,” the prime minister said.
“See the fun of this debate, fielding was laid out by opposition, but fours and sixes were hit from here (treasury benches). The opposition is bowling only no-balls in the no-confidence motion,” Modi said.
“There are centuries being scored from this side and no-balls being bowled from that side. I would like to tell my opposition friends ‘why don’t they prepare and come’,” he said.
The parties of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) had brought the no-confidence motion against the government. The motion was defeated by a voice vote.
Oppn stages walkout
Opposition MPs staged a walkout from the Lok Sabha as PM Modi spoke, complaining there was no reference to Manipur in the first 90 minutes of his speech.
Chanting ‘Manipur, Manipur’ during the prime minister’s reply, the Opposition urged him to speak on the ethnic violence in the northeastern state.
The parliamentarians of the parties of the opposition bloc INDIA then staged a walkout while the prime minister was speaking.
Members of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) also walked out of the House subsequently.
After the opposition walkout, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said, “We asked the PM to address the nation on Manipur. After one hour and 45 minutes (of his speech), he had not mentioned the word Manipur. He was making a purely political speech, there were all the old attacks on Congress party and the opposition, insults, but there were no answers to questions raised by the no-confidence motion.”
“It was a purely political speech. What was new? What did he tell the nation that we did not know? It lacked the gravitas that we associate with PM, and lacked any substantive reference to the motion of no-confidence,” he said.
Gaurav Gogoi, who moved the no-confidence motion in the House, said, “This no-confidence motion had two objectives – first, people of Manipur should get justice and second, PM Modi should speak on Manipur issue.”
“After so long, the nation could see the PM speaking in the House. We forced him to break his silence…but the objective of getting justice for Manipur was not achieved. PM Modi is running away from his responsibility,” he said.
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