Discussion on no-confidence motion to begin in Lok Sabha today

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was reinstated as the Lok Sabha MP a day ago will open the debate on the no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government in the Lower House of Parliament on Tuesday, the party's Lok Sabha chief whip K Suresh said.

Rahul Gandhi was reinstated as Lok Sabha MP on Monday, three days after the Supreme Court suspended his criminal defamation conviction in the Modi surname case Manipur is set to dominate the three-day debate commencing today in the Lok Sabha on the opposition’s no-confidence motion.

"Today in Lok Sabha, No Confidence Motion is going to be discussed. At 12 noon, the no-confidence motion will be taken up. So, from Congress' side, Rahul Gandhi is the first speaker on the No Confidence Motion," Congress' Lok Sabha whip Suresh said.


"In this, a time of about 6 hours and 41 minutes has been fixed for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and about one hour and 15 minutes for the Congress party. While, Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP), Shivsena, Janata Dal -United (JDU), Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) have been given a total of 2 hours, which has been divided according to the number of party members in the house", the sources said.

At the same time, a time limit of 1 hour 10 minutes has been set for other small parties and independent MPs.

It should be noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address the debate regarding the no-confidence motion directed at the BJP-led NDA government on August 10. This motion was put forth by Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi.

The no-confidence motion moved by Opposition parties of I.N.D.I.A bloc was accepted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla last week.

Ahead of the no-confidence motion debate in Lok Sabha, the Bharatiya Janata Party has called a meeting of its parliamentary party on Tuesday.

The debate on the no-confidence motion against the BJP-led government is to take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, i.e, August 8 and 9 in the the lower house of the parliament. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi will give a reply on August 10.

(With inputs from ANI)