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Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers asserted on Tuesday that the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) has decided to move a no-confidence motions against the BJP-led NDA government in Lok Sabha, following the cancellation of the first three days of Parliament’s monsoon session.
What is a vote of no confidence?
A motion of no confidence can only be introduced in the Lok Sabha, and by any member of the House. Before 10 a.m., the member must submit a written notice of the motion, and at least 50 members must accept it. The Speaker will then determine when the motion will be discussed.
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A government can only function if it can demonstrate majority support in the Lok Sabha; if it cannot do so, the party in authority must resign.
Eight points to know about motions of no confidence
- Since Independence, 27 motions of no confidence have been introduced in the Lok Sabha.
- Congress leader Acharya Kripalani filed the first motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in August 1963, immediately after India’s loss to China in the 1962 war. However, the motion was thwarted.
- As Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi confronted the most no-confidence motions — 15. She passed all fifteen floor exams. Former West Bengal chief minister Jyotirmoy Basu of the CPI(M) has filed four motions of no confidence.
- Three no-confidence motions were filed against Narasimha Rao, two against Morarji Desai, and one each against Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and Narendra Modi.
- The last motion of no confidence was filed against Vajpayee in 2003 by then-Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
- The longest debate on a vote of no confidence was 24.34 hours against Lal Bahadur Shastri, who had to demonstrate majority support three times.
- The exceptions were 1979, when Prime Minister Morarji Desai was forced to resign, and 1999, when the Vajpayee government lost power after their coalition partner AIADMK withdrew support.
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- In 2018, the NDA government led by Narendra Modi survived a vote of no confidence in the Lok Sabha with 195 votes. While 135 members voted in favour of the motion, 330 opposed it.
