No-confidence motion against Modi govt rejected, House adjourned

The monsoon session of Parliament saw the first no-trust motion faced by Modi govt in its 4-year rule. The govt won the motion by 325 against 126 votes. Catch the highlights here

The NDA government on Friday night sailed through the no-confidence motion against it in the Lok Sabha, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi dubbing it a result of the opposition's "arrogance" and its 'Modi hatao' mindset as he hit back at Rahul Gandhi over "childish" behaviour.

The government got the support of 325 members, while 126 backed the motion with 451 MPs present in the House.

Members of the Shiv Sena, BJD and TRS were not present in the House when the voting took place. Several AIADMK members opposed the motion, in a boost to the NDA.

Replying to an over 10-hour debate on the motion, Modi appealed to all parties to defeat it and accused the Congress president of "crushing" the truth and "playing with national security" by making allegations against him on the Doklam issue and by speaking of graft in the Rafale aircraft deal.
 

 Hours after Gandhi left everyone surprised by walking across to the Prime Minister's chair to hug him, Modi sought to turn the tables on him, saying he appeared to be in a hurry to occupy his seat as he kept asking him to stand up for an embrace.

"What is his hurry to come to power? Let me tell this member, it is the people who elected us. That is how we have come here," he said.

The whole country has watched the game he played with his eyes, Modi said, evoking laughter from treasury benches as he gestured with his hands, apparently referring to Gandhi's wink in the House following his speech.

If Gandhi kept Modi in his line of fire through his speech, it was the turn of the Congress' ruling family when the prime minister spoke.

"The country is not unaware of the history of one family which stoked political instability in the country time and again for its selfish intersts," he said.

Modi said his fate was in the hands of 125 crore people and added that he prayed to lord Shiva, who was invoked by Gandhi in his speech, and the countrymen, that the Congress leader bring a similar no-confidence motion in 2024.

11:12 PM

House stands adjourned.

11:11 PM

325 MPs voted ‘No’ 126 voted ‘Ayes’,#NoConfidenceMotion against NDA Govt rejected

11:03 PM

Voting on the no-confidence motion commences in the House. Speaker Sumitra Mahajan calls for those in favour of the motion and those against it.

10:55 PM

TDP MP likens Modi's speech to Bollywood blockbuster

I thought for one and a half hours I was watching a Bollywood blockbuster film. I have no doubt PM would have been the best actor in the world: TDP MP Kesineni Srinivas on PM's speech in Lok Sabha

10:45 PM

Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha

 

This Government stands with the Muslim women in their quest for justice.

10:45 PM

Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha

 

Any instance of violence brings shame to the nation. I will once again urge the state governments to punish those who indulge in violence.

10:44 PM

Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha

 

India is seeing the record pace at which roads are being built, villages are being connected, i-ways are being built, railways development is happening.

10:41 PM

Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha says PM Modi hasn't answered a single question yet and is only continuing with his rhetoric.

10:40 PM

Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha

India would have been in deep trouble had BJP not won in 2014. Congress would have somehow continued to run the government the way it was running it till then.

10:40 PM

Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha

For the first time, the Cabinet Committee on Security has two women leaders.

10:39 PM

PM Modi quotes Veerappa Moily while talking about the need to be fair and ensure equity among states. Says, “We will help Andhra as much as possible.”

 

“One rank, one pension was in limbo due to some people. So was GST. We discussed genuine issues with states for the GST rollout. If you were not arrogant, GST could have been rolled out 5 years ago. We increased MSP but you had sufficient time to do the same. When we came in 2014, people asked us to bring a white paper on economy. We were amazed at the state of the economy then. From 2008-2014, the bank loans increased to 52 lakh crore from 18 lakh crore in the 60 years since Independence.”

10:38 PM

10:36 PM

Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha

 

I want to tell you about the NPA problem. Much before Internet Banking, Congress Party invented Phone Banking and this caused the NPA mess.

 

A phone call would get loans for their cronies and the nation suffered.

10:35 PM

10:34 PM

Narendra Modi speech:

 

Loans were given over the phone in Congress rule, the web of NPAs was spread during this time.