Left, BJP entrust TDP with no-trust motion in House
Numbers, however, are stacked in favour of the govt. With SP’s assured support, the PM will fly through the motion.
By Devesh Kumar, ET Bureau |
NEW DELHI: In a move aimed at piling up pressure on the ruling combine at the Centre for seeking a trust vote, the anti-government side has readied a plan to force the government���s hands ��� the threat of a no-trust motion by the TDP. The strategy, finalised on the assumption that President Pratibha Patil will not ask the prime minister to seek the trust vote after the withdrawal of support by the Left parties, has the backing of the Left bloc and the BJP.
TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu is learnt to have discussed the gambit with senior BJP leaders as well as the Left brass.
Even though speculation about the TDP donning the mantle of moving the no-confidence motion against the Manmohan Singh government has been doing the rounds in the political circles here for quite some time, it was only after the SP openly declared its support to the deal that the exercise gathered momentum. Mr Naidu is said to have discussed the plan with the other UNPA components such as the AGP and the INLD.
By allowing a third party to do the job, the two ideologically-opposed formations, it was contended, would be spared the task of taking the initiative of seeking a trial of strength on the floor of the Lok Sabha after the withdrawal of support to the UPA government by the Left parties. It was also reckoned that a TDP-sponsored motion would find favour with parties opposed to the nuclear deal, but have problems being seen in the company of the BJP.
Mr Advani had on Saturday demanded that the UPA government immediately seek a trust vote in Parliament on the ground that it would be reduced to a minority after the withdrawal of support by the Left parties. He followed it up by sending a message to the CPM general secretary to expedite the withdrawal announcement and impress upon the President to seek a trust vote from the government.
With the TDP taking it upon itself to move the no-confidence motion, the two ideological foes and their backers, it was hoped, would find it easy to be on the same side on an issue such as the nuclear deal.
The numbers are, however, stacked against the sponsors of such a move. With the Samajwadi Party deciding to back the Indo-US nuclear deal and extend outside support to the UPA government, the coalition managers are confident that the prime minister will survive the trust vote. Besides the 39 members belonging to the SP, they have been assured the support of smaller outfits such as the JD(S) and the RLD, which have three MPs each in the Lok Sabha, and a host of independents. The strategists are also banking on the support of the two-member National Conference, as it was unlikely to be seen to be moving in tandem with the BJP.
Parties such as the Trinamool Congress and the TRS, which are yet to reveal their cards on the deal, were also being bracketed within the ``naysayers������ group. All these factors had injected confidence within the ruling side that they will be able to sail through trial of strength comfortably.
TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu is learnt to have discussed the gambit with senior BJP leaders as well as the Left brass.
Even though speculation about the TDP donning the mantle of moving the no-confidence motion against the Manmohan Singh government has been doing the rounds in the political circles here for quite some time, it was only after the SP openly declared its support to the deal that the exercise gathered momentum. Mr Naidu is said to have discussed the plan with the other UNPA components such as the AGP and the INLD.
By allowing a third party to do the job, the two ideologically-opposed formations, it was contended, would be spared the task of taking the initiative of seeking a trial of strength on the floor of the Lok Sabha after the withdrawal of support to the UPA government by the Left parties. It was also reckoned that a TDP-sponsored motion would find favour with parties opposed to the nuclear deal, but have problems being seen in the company of the BJP.
Mr Advani had on Saturday demanded that the UPA government immediately seek a trust vote in Parliament on the ground that it would be reduced to a minority after the withdrawal of support by the Left parties. He followed it up by sending a message to the CPM general secretary to expedite the withdrawal announcement and impress upon the President to seek a trust vote from the government.
With the TDP taking it upon itself to move the no-confidence motion, the two ideological foes and their backers, it was hoped, would find it easy to be on the same side on an issue such as the nuclear deal.
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The numbers are, however, stacked against the sponsors of such a move. With the Samajwadi Party deciding to back the Indo-US nuclear deal and extend outside support to the UPA government, the coalition managers are confident that the prime minister will survive the trust vote. Besides the 39 members belonging to the SP, they have been assured the support of smaller outfits such as the JD(S) and the RLD, which have three MPs each in the Lok Sabha, and a host of independents. The strategists are also banking on the support of the two-member National Conference, as it was unlikely to be seen to be moving in tandem with the BJP.
Parties such as the Trinamool Congress and the TRS, which are yet to reveal their cards on the deal, were also being bracketed within the ``naysayers������ group. All these factors had injected confidence within the ruling side that they will be able to sail through trial of strength comfortably.
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