New Delhi, March 27: A no-confidence motion could not be taken up even today again amid protests even as Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said both sides were willing to have a debate on it.
Disruptions in the Lower House started soon after it met at 11 am. Within minutes it was adjourned till 12 pm. As the disturbances continued, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said she cannot take up the notice for the motion on trust vote and adjourned the House for the day amid loud protests from Opposition benches. This is the seventh consecutive day when the motion of no confidence could not be taken up due to protests.
The scene was no different when the House met again as members from the AIADMK trooped near the Speaker's podium. MPs from Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) who have been protesting over the last week did not do so and have also extended support to the no-confidence motion. Now apart from the TDP and YSR Congress, the Congress and Communist Party of India-Marxist have also submitted no-confidence motions against the government.
As the protests continued in the House, Kharge said the Opposition wanted a debate. "More than 50 MPs are supporting the no confidence motion... We want a debate," he said amid the din.
To this Ananth Kumar reiterated that the government was ready for a debate but also took a dig at the Congress for following other parties in submitting a no-trust motion. "I have appealed to everyone... Government is ready for a debate. We have confidence inside as well as outside the House," Kumar said.
Meanwhile back on 20th March, House was adjourned amidst chaotic situation.
The no-confidence motion has been filed by the YSR Congress Party and the TDP, both of which are unhappy at Andhra Pradesh not being given 'special category status.
As several parties are set to move ‘no confidence’ motion against Modi government, today Lok Sabha received 3 requests for the motion one by Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSR) Congress and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) are annoyed with the NDA government over denial of special category status to Andhra Pradesh as was promised by the UPA government in 2014 when the state was bifurcated to create Telangana.