Lok Sabha adjourned amid uproar ; No-Confidence motion tomorrow
New Delhi, Mar 19 (IBNS) : The no-confidence motion against the BJP-led NDA Government, moved by the estranged ally Telugu Desam Party, could not be taken up Monday as the Lok Sabha was adjourned till Tuesday following protests by different opposition parties, reports said.
This was the 11th consecutive day the lower House witnessed disruption in proceedings.
The Rajya Sabha was also adjourned for the day without transacting any business.
In the lower House, members of the TDP, YSR Congress, TRS and the AIADMK raised protests over issues, ranging from the PNB scam to the issue of special status for Andhra Pradesh creating an uproar in the House.
As the question hour started, lawmakers from these parties trooped into the Well holding placards.
MPs from the TMC and Congress Iwere, however, seen standing at their seats.
As the protests continued, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan first adjourned the House till noon.
Even as the Lower House resumed its proceedings, sloganeering rent the air with the TDP, AIADMK MPs shouting "We want justice". However, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan began with day's business, asking ministers to lay their papers on the table.
At this point, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said: "We want discussion on the no-confidence motion. I request all MPs to maintain decorum.
As the uproar continued to persist, Mahajan again adjourned the House-this time for the day.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party brought the no-confidence motion against the Government after it walked out of the NDA last week.
The TDP sent a notice after the YSR Congress also demanded a trust vote in the Parliament last week.
Extending support to the motion, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said in a tweet last week, "I welcome the TDP's decision to leave the NDA. The current situation warrants such action to save the country from disaster."
"I appeal to all political parties in the Opposition to work closely together against atrocities, economic calamity and political instability" the TMC chief added in a follow-up tweet.
AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi tweeted, "MIM party will support the No Confidence motion in Lok Sabha today not only for failure on part of Modi Govt to implement the State Reorganisation Act but failure to fulfill their promise to provide employment to youth and for injustice to Muslim Women and Minorities."
CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury tweeted, "CPI(M) supports the no-confidence motion being brought against the BJP government. Its betrayal of the promise of special status for Andhra Pradesh is inexcuseable. Its all-round failure and evasion of parliamentary accountability needs to be highlighted."
The Shiv Sena announced it will neither support the government nor the Opposition in the Lok Sabha when a no-confidence motion is moved against the BJP Government at the Centre. Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant told ANI that the party will abstain from the vote.
TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday announced the exit of his party from the NDA over the demands of a special status for Andhra Pradesh.
The TDP leaders have also stated the relation with the BJP, which heads NDA, has ended.
The TDP has also stated the by-poll defeats of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh clearly state that people do not have confidence in the BJP.
The TDP has currently 16 MPs in the Lok Sabha.
Earlier, two TDP ministers, Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Y.S. Chowdary had resigned over the same issue following the order of party chief Naidu.
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