No-Confidence Motion Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the Lok Sabha, replying to the no-confidence motion moved by the Opposition’s INDIA bloc. (Photo: Sansad TV/YouTube)PM Modi Speech Highlights: The INDIA bloc’s no-confidence motion was defeated in the Lok Sabha today following a walkout by the Opposition parties during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech. PM Modi, during his over two-hours-long speech, besides leading a tirade against the Opposition parties, vowed to bring peace to the northeastern state at the earliest. “The central and state governments are working day and night to punish the accused and bring back peace to the state. I want to reassure the people of Manipur that the entire country stands with them,” PM Modi said.
Meanwhile, Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has been suspended over “gross misconduct”. The suspension will be in place till the Privileges Committee submits its report.
Earlier in the day, a verbal duel broke out in the Lok Sabha today as senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury called the violence in Manipur a civil war in the country and questioned the PM’s silence over the matter, BJP MP Jyotiraditya Scindia reminded the House of the countless clashes and deaths in the northeastern state during the Congress’s rule.
Democratic Progressive Azad Party chief Ghulam Nabi Azad, speaking about the Opposition walkout from the Lok Sabha ahead of voting of the no-confidence motion, said: “Opposition parties came together for a no-confidence motion, but when it was time to vote, they walked out. Everyone knows that BJP has the majority but if they have to run, then what is the point of calling a no-confidence motion. They have not done the right thing.”
Earlier in the House, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a swipe at Chowdhury, asking why he was “sidelined” in the debate on the no-confidence motion. The debate was initiated by Congress deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi. The unspoken convention, Modi said, was the House leader initiating the debate.
“I don’t know what your compulsion is. Why was Adhirbabu sidelined? Was it because of a phone call from Kolkata?” Modi said, in an apparent dig at Chowdhury and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s acrimonious relationship. The Congress and Trinamool Congress, however, are aligned together now as part of the INDIA alliance. Read More
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s over 2-hour-long speech in the Lok Sabha, said: “Thank you Prime Minister, At last you spoke in the House on the Manipur violence. We are sure that the pace of restoration of peace in Manipur will be faster, people from relief camps will return to their homes. He will be rehabilitated, justice will be done to him. If you had given up your stubbornness and arrogance earlier, the valuable time of the Parliament would have been saved. Important bills would have been passed with good discussion.”
He added, “We are pained that on an unprecedented issue like the Manipur violence, the Opposition had to use a parliamentary weapon like a no-confidence motion. But you also used the House as an election rally. In the last phase, the leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, Mr Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary was suspended, which is very undemocratic and unfortunate. It reflects the arrogance and maliciousness of the authorities. This tradition will prove very fatal for both the constitution and parliamentary democracy.”
Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who was suspended from the Lok Sabha today, said: “I have not insulted PM Modi. Modiji speaks on everything but on the Manipur issue. He is sitting “Nirav”, which means sitting silent. “Nirav” means to be silent. My intention was not to insult PM Modi... PM Modi did not feel that he was insulted, his courtiers (darbari) felt so and brought this proposal against me. I came to know that (the matter) has been referred to the privilege committee and I have been suspended.”
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Amid ruckus in the House as the Opposition demanded a discussion on Manipur under Rule 167, Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar adjourned the proceedings, while ordering that MNF MP K Vanlalvena’s speech would not go on record. Read More
📌 “The violence in Manipur is saddening. Crimes against women are unacceptable and the Central and state governments are working together to ensure the guilty are punished.”
📌 “These are people who sometime speak about the murder of democracy and the murder of the Constitution. These are the people (Congress) who divided Maa Bharati into three pieces. When the time came to free Maa Bharati of slavery, they chopped off her limbs.”
📌 “Pakistan used to attack our borders, they used to send across terrorists and then Pakistan would shrug off its responsibility, it never took any responsibility. They had such love for Pakistan that they used to believe Pakistan immediately.”
📌 “It was the Congress government under the then prime minister Indira Gandhi which used the Air Force to attack citizens in Mizoram in 1966 and also launched a military attack on Akal Takht in the 80s.”
Taking a veiled swipe at Rahul Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Congress had repeatedly been trying to launch a “failed product” for years, but in vain. While replying on the no-confidence motion debate in the Lok Sabha, PM Modi said: “Yesterday, someone talked doing ‘dil se baat’. Their ‘Modi prem’ is such that they see Modi even in their dreams. I can understand Congress’ problem, they have been launching a failed product repeatedly. The launch fails every time.” Read More
Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien, following the PM’s speech in Lok Sabha today, said: "After absconding for 21 days, PM Modi had to be dragged and compelled to come to Lok Sabha with a no-confidence motion. One full hour (6.08 pm) into his lacklustre speech, not a word on #Manipur from the man with a heart of stone."
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, addressing the media outside the Parliament following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in the Lok Sabha, said: “We had asked the PM to address on Manipur, but after 1 hour 45 minutes, he had not even mentioned the word. So, the Opposition said that this is a travesty, and he is making a political speech. There were no answers for the no-confidence motion, which was specifically moved to address the Manipur issue.”
Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has been suspended over "gross misconduct". The suspension will be in place till the Privileges Committee submits its report.
The no-trust motion, brought by the Opposition's INDIA bloc, was defeated following a voice vote by the Lok Sabha Speaker after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's over two-hour-long speech.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while replying to the no-confidence motion, said: “You (Congress) have never tried to understand the emotions of Northeast. I have visited (Northeast) 50 times. This is not just a data, this is dedication towards Northeast. Whose government was there in Manipur when Mahatma Gandhi's picture was not allowed in government offices, whose government was there in Manipur when the decision to not allow the national anthem in schools was taken?... Their (opposition) pain is selective. They cannot think beyond politics.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while replying to the no-confidence motion, said: “The world respects India because people of the country have started believing in themselves and the nation. I request the Opposition to not break this confidence and trust of the people.”
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, after the Opposition staged a walkout in between PM Modi’s reply to the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha, said: “This no-trust motion had two objectives — first, people of Manipur should get justice and second, PM Modi should speak on Manipur issue.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after leading a tirade against the Opposition parties, reassured the people of Manipur that peace shall return soon as the government is doing everything possible to punish the accused. “The root cause of all problems in the northeast is the Congress’s earlier policies.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while replying to the no-confidence motion, said: “How can the Opposition talk about Bharat Mata's murder, when they themselves cut Bharat Mata into three pieces.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while replying to the no-confidence motion, said: “Home minister Amit Shah spoke at length on the Manipur situation in the Lok Sabha. The intent was to spread the message to the people of India. However, the arrogant Opposition stopped the functioning of the House. I assure the people of Manipur that their state will once again return to the path of development.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a tirade against the Opposition’s INDIA alliance while replying to the no-confidence motion brought against his government. “The Opposition parties feel that they will be ruling the country by changing their alliance’s name to INDIA. However, it is nothing but a congregation of arrogant parties and I would like to remind them that merely changing UPA’s name doesn’t reverse their fortunes," the PM added. The Opposition, meanwhile, walked out of the Lok Sabha after about one-and-a-half hours of the PM's speech.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, taking a swipe at the Opposition parties while replying to the no-confidence motion, said: “Congress likes ‘parivarvaad’, ‘darbarvaad’ and snatched the rights of stalwarts like B R Ambedkar, Jagjivan Ram, Chandra Shekhar. They have tried to launch the same product again and again and failed every time.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, taking a swipe at the Opposition parties while replying to the no-confidence motion, said: Our Constitution framers had criticised dynastic politics because it is harmful for the common people's rights. I want to remind the country that it is a fight between the naamdars (Opposition) and the kaamdars (NDA).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, taking a swipe at the Opposition parties while replying to the no-confidence motion, said: “In West Bengal, TMC is against the Left, but fight together in Delhi. Remember what the Left did to Adhir babu in 1991. The Congress is friends with the party whose workers vandalised its office in Kerala's Wayanad last year.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, taking a swipe at the Opposition parties while replying to the no-confidence motion, said: “The Opposition bloc thinks that it can increase its credibility by using the name INDIA name for its alliance. They think they can rule India by changing the name. The poor can see their name but not work.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, taking a swipe at the Opposition parties while replying to the no-confidence motion, said: “The first I in INDIA (Opposition bloc) stands for the arrogance of 26-parties that are part of the bloc, and the other I stands for the arrogance of one family.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, taking a swipe at the Opposition parties while replying to the no-confidence motion, said: “I express my solidarity towards the Opposition. Few days ago, you cremated the UPA in Bengaluru. I should have expressed my sympathies earlier. It is not my fault. On one hand, you were cremating UPA and also celebrating. You organised a gathering to show a dilapidated vehicle as an EV. But before the celebration could end, there was a fight among you to take credit. You are following those who don't understand anything about India.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, taking a swipe at the Opposition parties while replying to the no-confidence motion, said: “Our mantra of ‘reform, perform and transform’, as well as proper planning and hardwork have taken country to new heights.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, taking a swipe at the Opposition parties while replying to the no-confidence motion, said: “Pakistan used to attack our borders, send terrorists to our country. It used to deny its role and the Congress used to believe them. The Congress used to believe in Hurriyat and other separatists. We carried out surgical strikes and air strikes. Today, whenever someone says anything ill about India, they believe in it.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, taking a swipe at the Opposition parties while replying to the no-confidence motion, said: “Under the Congress’s rule, Indian economy used to be languishing at the 10th or 11th spot. After 2014, it is among the top 5 economies. When you (Opposition) bring the no-confidence motion again in 2028, India will be the 3rd largest economy.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, taking a swipe at the Opposition parties while replying to the no-confidence motion, said: “They have a secret blessing and that is, good things happen to those for whom they wish bad. I am a prime example of this.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the achievements of his government while replying to the no-confidence motion, said: “Opposition spoke negative things about HAL. They used to say that HAL is finished and India’s defence sector is destroyed. Just like videos are shot in farms, a video was filmed at the door of HAL. The Opposition tried to brainwash the HAL workers. Today, HAL has registered its highest-ever revenue.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the achievements of his government while replying to the no-confidence motion, said: “The Opposition had said that the banking sector will collapse. They made foreign experts say this. They spread lies about banks. Our public sector banks’ net profit doubled. Similarly, they had also lied about LIC.”
PM Modi, while taking a swipe at the Opposition over the no-confidence motion, said: “Why has the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury been sidelined? Was there a phone call from Kolkata? He is not even a speaker for the no-confidence motion."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the achievements of his government while replying to the no-confidence motion, said: “WHO said Swachch Bharat Mission saved lives of 3 lakh people. UNICEF said that the poor are saving Rs 50,000 every year because of this mission. But Congress and other Opposition parties don’t believe it. What the world sees, these people refuse to acknowledge.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the achievements of his government while replying to the no-confidence motion, said: “We restored India’s old glory on global stage. But some people want to defame the country. The world now knows India.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, taking a swipe at the Opposition while replying to the no-confidence motion, said: “We have given a scam-free government to the youth of India, we have given them courage and opportunity to fly high in open sky.”
Opposition couldn't prepare for debate on no-confidence motion despite so much time in hand, even its sympathisers are disappointed, said PM Modi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, taking a swipe at the Opposition while replying to the no-confidence motion, said: “The country is listening to you very carefully. You have always left the country disappointed.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, hitting out at the Opposition while replying to the no-confidence motion, said: “Today, data is known as second oil. A serious discussion was needed. But politics was priority for you. Several Bills were related to the poor, backwards, Dalits. But Opposition had no interest in it. The opposition betrayed the people.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while replying to the no-confidence motion brought by the Opposition’s INDIA bloc, said: “I had said in 2018 that the no-confidence motion is not our floor test, but that of the opposition. When elections were held a year later, opposition could not muster votes that it had. Even the people expressed their no-confidence for Opposition.”
Amid acrimonious exchanges on the floor of the Lok Sabha between the Opposition INDIA bloc and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi started his reply to the no-confidence motion brought about by the INDIA bloc against his government over the violence in Manipur.
Her name was first uttered in Parliament over the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement in 2008, incidentally in connection with another no-confidence motion. In his speech defending the Manmohan Singh government, which touched upon a wide range of topics, Rahul Gandhi, then in his first term as MP (from Amethi), mentioned having met Kalavati Bandurkar as the face of the then ongoing farm sector distress in Maharashtra, saying that the nuclear deal would ensure energy security for the country and provide people like Kalavati access to electricity.
Fifteen years later, on Wednesday, speaking on the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah referred to Kalavati, claiming that Rahul Gandhi had tried to launch his political career 13 times, starting with Kalavati in 2008, but failed in all. Read More
Amid acrimonious exchanges on the floor of the Lok Sabha between the Opposition INDIA bloc and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon start his reply to the no-confidence motion brought about by the INDIA bloc against his government over the violence in Manipur.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the government is taking steps to control inflation and as part of the measures tomatoes are being imported from Nepal to meet the demand and check prices.
“Lot of steps have been taken to contain inflation. Group of Ministers has been taking timely steps to control prices which are hitting common people,” Sitharman said while participating in a debate on the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha. Sitharaman said Tur dal is being imported from Mozambique, Urad dal will be imported from Myanmar, while around three lakh tonnes of onions have been procured to create a buffer stock.
She said tomatoes are being procured from Maharashtra and Karnataka, and distributed in Delhi-NCR, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Rajasthan through the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) and other cooperative societies. (PTI)
DMK MP DNV Senthilkumar, while addressing the Lok Sabha on Thursday, said: “The Manipur incident is a black mark on Indian history... First they will come for Muslims, then they will come for Christians and then they will come for minority communities.”
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh asked Wednesday why BJP MP Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, who represents the Manipur Inner constituency, has not been given a chance to speak in Parliament as part of the debate on the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. The Opposition has moved the motion seeking to get Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak on the state in Parliament.
In a Twitter post, Ramesh said, “Quite a few ministers have spoken in Lok Sabha during the no-confidence motion. Why is it so that the only Union MoS and BJP MP in Lok Sabha representing Manipur Inner Parliamentary constituency, Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, whose private residence was burnt down, has not been given a chance by the BJP to speak for Manipur in Parliament?” Read More
BJP MP Rajyavardhan Rathore, while addressing the Lok Sabha and replying to the no-confidence motion brought by the Opposition, said: “I was at the 2008 Beijing Olympics (in China). We came to know that Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are coming to meet us. They didn't come to meet us. They met the Communist Party of China. They should be tried for treason...”