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No-confidence motion defeated; PM Modi slams Congress in reply; Lok Sabha suspends Adhir Chowdhury

The Lok Sabha witnessed the defeat of the no-confidence motion brought by Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi after the Opposition walked out of the House during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reply to the debate on the motion.

Proceedings of the House ended with the suspension of Leader of Opposition Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.

PM Modi, in his reply, said that the Opposition didn’t participate in the discussion on several key Bills in Parliament as they considered politics over the legislations. He also criticised the Opposition alliance INDIA and said it was a “guarantee” for India’s bankruptcy, policy paralysis, imbalance, corruption, dynasty politics and employment and said that he would position India among the world’s top-three economies, which he said was not possible with the Opposition alliance.

Meanwhile, the Opposition members demanded PM Modi’s remarks on Manipur and staged a walkout.

Speaking on Manipur, PM Modi said that the House was with the people of Manipur.

“We will together find a solution and peace will prevail again. And we will leave no stone unturned to expedite the pace of development of Manipur,” he said.

He also expressed his displeasure over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s remarks against Bharat Mata on August 9 in the Lok Sabha. Further, he said that the situation in Manipur has been presented to have originated in the past few days. “If there is any source of all turbulence in the Northeast, it is not the people of Northeast, but Congress’ politics,” he said. He alleged Manipur’s rich heritage was compromised because of extremism that was inefficiently handled by the Congress.

Gogoi was not present in the House to question PM Modi after his reply. The no-confidence motion was defeated in the House by a voice vote.

Before adjourning the House, Speaker Om Birla called out Chowdhury and BJP MP Virendra Singh for their unruly behaviour. While the BJP MP defended himself, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi introduced a motion to suspend Chowdhury that was eventually passed.