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<\/a><\/p>\nNew Delhi:<\/strong> The Lok Sabha today took up for debate the no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government. This is the first no-confidence vote India will see in 15 years. The motion was moved by the Telugu Desam Party and admitted by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Wednesday, July 18, the first day of the monsoon session of parliament. MP Jayadev Galla initiated the debate on behalf of the party.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople are tired of empty promises and unfulfilled promises,\u201d Galla said, bringing up the issue of special category status for Andhra Pradesh. \u201cIt is not a war between TDP and BJP, but between morality and majority. Motion of no confidence is against the lack of fairness, lack of trust, lack of unbiased approach towards Andhra Pradesh.\u201d<\/p>\n When Galla said that neighbouring states received more during the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh,\u00a0Telangana Rashtra Samiti\u00a0jumped into the well to protest. The speaker asked for calm in the house.<\/p>\n According to the MP, the Andhra Pradesh had been deceived by Galla,\u00a0\u201cSince 2016, we have been waiting for the special package that the Union finance minister had said would be equivalent to a Special Category Status (SCS). You (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) deceived us into believing and agreeing to the special package on the lines of the 14th Finance Commission. You didn\u2019t even bother giving it legislative backing.\u201d<\/p>\n After Galla, BJP MP Rakesh Singh addressed the Lok Sabha. He attacked Rahul Gandhi and previous Congress governments, saying,\u00a0\u201cThis time the no-confidence motion is distinct from all other motions of no confidence\u00a0till now.\u00a0For the first time, we are seeing a no-confidence motion against a government that is working so well for the country. We recently saw Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy shed tears and say that he has gulped poison in order to form the coalition. I am not sure how many parties have to do the same if they support the motion.\u201d<\/p>\n Singh said that the Narendra Modi government has been \u201cextremely successful\u201d in raising the issues of poor people and bringing them out of poverty. He brought up several schemes including the Ujjwala Yojana, Ayushman Bharat and crop insurance schemes to claim that the poor in the country would \u201cfold their hand in thanks to the prime minister\u201d.<\/p>\n Rahul Gandhi on Modi\u2019s \u2018jumla strike\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Congress president Rahul Gandhi spoke after Singh, beginning his speech by talking to Galla.\u00a0\u201cYou are a victim of the fantastic\u00a021st century political weapon and there are many other victims like you. This weapon is called the \u2018jumla strike\u2019. The farmers, Dalits, tribals, youths and women\u00a0are also victims of this weapon,\u201d Gandhi said.<\/p>\n \u201cSymptoms of the jumla strike include: First there is a great sense of excitement and happiness. After that there is shock and then followed by regret.\u00a0Youth in India trusted Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In every speech he gave, he said he will give jobs to two crore youth. But only four lakh people have got jobs,\u201d the Congress president continued.<\/p>\n Gandhi also brought up Amit Shah\u2019s son Jay Shah in his speech. \u201cHe said he is India\u2019s\u00a0chowkidaar<\/em>. But when Amit Shah\u2019s son Jay Shah increases his income by 16,000 times, Prime Minister Modi remain mum,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The speaker said Jay Shah\u2019s name would be expunged from the parliament records.<\/p>\n Gandhi next moved to Nirmala Sitharaman and the Rafale deal. \u201cDefence minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said she will tell the country about the cost. Then she said it\u2019s a secrecy pact between both countries. I asked the French president about this secrecy pact but he denied the existence of any such pact. He also told me that he had no problems in making public the cost<\/a>,\u201d Gandhi said.<\/p>\n \u201cI looked Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the eye, and he couldn\u2019t even face me.\u00a0He is not a\u00a0chowkidaar<\/em>, he is\u00a0bhaghidaar<\/em>,\u201d Gandhi continued.<\/p>\n Several BJP MPs including Ananth Kumar protested as Gandhi gave his speech. \u201cDariye mat\u00a0<\/em>(Don\u2019t be scared),\u201d Gandhi said to them. The speaker then adjourned the session for a few minutes. Once the session was resumed, she asked for peace in the house.<\/p>\n After Gandhi resumed speaking, he said Modi and Amit Shah \u201ccannot afford to lose power because when they do, other processes will start against them\u201d. At the end of his speech, he walked across to the prime minister and hugged him. Modi looked surprised, and shook Gandhi\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n The speaker gave Nirmala Sitharaman a chance to speak after Gandhi, saying that she deserved the chance to respond to the allegations that had been made. The defence minister said that Gandhi\u2019s allegations regarding the Rafale deal were \u201ccompletely wrong\u201d.<\/p>\n The BJP has said that it will be moving a privilege motion against the Congress chief for his remarks on Modi, News18 reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n Later in the evening, the French government issued a statement taking cognisance of Gandhi\u2019s remarks, ANI reported. The statement said that India and France had agreed to protect classified information provided by the other.<\/p>\n Gandhi has defended himself, saying he wasn\u2019t alone in the meeting. \u201cI stand by what I said. Let them (France) deny if they want. Along with me Anand Sharma and Ex-PM were also there.\u201d<\/p>\n Trinamool Congress leader Saugata Roy address the Lok Sabha next, criticising the Modi government for its farmers\u2019 policy, demonetisation and rising incidents of lynching.\u00a0\u201cThe BJP wants Congress-mukt Bharat<\/em> and a Muslim-mukt Bharat<\/em> but the Trinamool Congress wants an India that does not live in fear,\u201d Roy said.<\/p>\n Telangana Rashtra Samithi president\u00a0Vinod Kumar Boinapalli, Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav,\u00a0Communist Party of India (Marxist) legislator\u00a0Mohammad Salim\u00a0also addressed the Lower House.<\/p>\n chowkidaar<\/p>\n bhagidaar<\/p>\n jumla<\/p>\n two-thirds<\/p>\n Smithi<\/p>\n dayu<\/p>\n disruption free<\/p>\n breach<\/p>\n Mr<\/p>\n patience<\/p>\n ji<\/p>\n Mr<\/p>\n New Delhi:<\/strong> The Lok Sabha today took up for debate the no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government. This is the first no-confidence vote India will see in 15 years. The motion was moved by the Telugu Desam Party and admitted by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Wednesday, July 18, the first day of the monsoon session of parliament. MP Jayadev Galla initiated the debate on behalf of the party.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople are tired of empty promises and unfulfilled promises,\u201d Galla said, bringing up the issue of special category status for Andhra Pradesh. \u201cIt is not a war between TDP and BJP, but between morality and majority. Motion of no confidence is against the lack of fairness, lack of trust, lack of unbiased approach towards Andhra Pradesh.\u201d<\/p>\n When Galla said that neighbouring states received more during the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh,\u00a0Telangana Rashtra Samiti\u00a0jumped into the well to protest. The speaker asked for calm in the house.<\/p>\n According to the MP, the Andhra Pradesh had been deceived by Galla,\u00a0\u201cSince 2016, we have been waiting for the special package that the Union finance minister had said would be equivalent to a Special Category Status (SCS). You (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) deceived us into believing and agreeing to the special package on the lines of the 14th Finance Commission. You didn\u2019t even bother giving it legislative backing.\u201d<\/p>\n After Galla, BJP MP Rakesh Singh addressed the Lok Sabha. He attacked Rahul Gandhi and previous Congress governments, saying,\u00a0\u201cThis time the no-confidence motion is distinct from all other motions of no confidence\u00a0till now.\u00a0For the first time, we are seeing a no-confidence motion against a government that is working so well for the country. We recently saw Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy shed tears and say that he has gulped poison in order to form the coalition. I am not sure how many parties have to do the same if they support the motion.\u201d<\/p>\n Singh said that the Narendra Modi government has been \u201cextremely successful\u201d in raising the issues of poor people and bringing them out of poverty. He brought up several schemes including the Ujjwala Yojana, Ayushman Bharat and crop insurance schemes to claim that the poor in the country would \u201cfold their hand in thanks to the prime minister\u201d.<\/p>\n Lok Sabha in session. Credit: PTI<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Rahul Gandhi on Modi\u2019s \u2018jumla strike\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Congress president Rahul Gandhi spoke after Singh, beginning his speech by talking to Galla.\u00a0\u201cYou are a victim of the fantastic\u00a021st century political weapon and there are many other victims like you. This weapon is called the \u2018jumla strike\u2019. The farmers, Dalits, tribals, youths and women\u00a0are also victims of this weapon,\u201d Gandhi said.<\/p>\n \u201cSymptoms of the jumla strike include: First there is a great sense of excitement and happiness. After that there is shock and then followed by regret.\u00a0Youth in India trusted Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In every speech he gave, he said he will give jobs to two crore youth. But only four lakh people have got jobs,\u201d the Congress president continued.<\/p>\n Gandhi also brought up Amit Shah\u2019s son Jay Shah in his speech. \u201cHe said he is India\u2019s\u00a0chowkidaar<\/em>. But when Amit Shah\u2019s son Jay Shah increases his income by 16,000 times, Prime Minister Modi remain mum,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The speaker said Jay Shah\u2019s name would be expunged from the parliament records.<\/p>\n Gandhi next moved to Nirmala Sitharaman and the Rafale deal. \u201cDefence minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said she will tell the country about the cost. Then she said it\u2019s a secrecy pact between both countries. I asked the French president about this secrecy pact but he denied the existence of any such pact. He also told me that he had no problems in making public the cost<\/a>,\u201d Gandhi said.<\/p>\n \u201cI looked Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the eye, and he couldn\u2019t even face me.\u00a0He is not a\u00a0chowkidaar<\/em>, he is\u00a0bhaghidaar<\/em>,\u201d Gandhi continued.<\/p>\n Several BJP MPs including Ananth Kumar protested as Gandhi gave his speech. \u201cDariye mat\u00a0<\/em>(Don\u2019t be scared),\u201d Gandhi said to them. The speaker then adjourned the session for a few minutes. Once the session was resumed, she asked for peace in the house.<\/p>\n After Gandhi resumed speaking, he said Modi and Amit Shah \u201ccannot afford to lose power because when they do, other processes will start against them\u201d. At the end of his speech, he walked across to the prime minister and hugged him. Modi looked surprised, and shook Gandhi\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n
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We have noted the statement of Mr Rahul Gandhi before the Indian Parliament. France and India concluded in 2008 a Security agreement, which legally binds the two States to protect the classified information provided by the partner:France statement<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Congress chief Rahul Gandhi attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on multiple issues<\/a> including the Rafale deal, saying he is not a “<\/h4>\n
(guard)” but a “<\/h4>\n
” (participant) in corruption. “Everybody understands the relationship the PM has with certain business people. The Rafale deal was given to one such person and he benefitted by thousands of crores… I can see he (PM) is smiling but there is a touch of nervousness. And now he cannot look me in the eye”.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
\nGandhi also spoke of a “political weapon” called “<\/h4>\n
strike”. “The symptoms are a great sense of happiness, a feeling shock and then 8-hour-long speeches,” he said. His scathing speech was punctuated by deafening protests from the BJP members and the Speaker had to adjourn the house for several minutes.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
The BJP has the numbers to sail through the no-trust motion<\/a>. But the party hopes to make a splash with<\/h4>\n
majority when votes are counted at the end of the marathon debate, that is widely seen as a launch pad for its campaign for the 2019 general elections.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
The total number in Lok Sabha has shrunk to 495 as the BJD walked out and the Shiv Sena stayed away. The majority mark is at 249. The government is expecting 331 votes, counting in the support of AIADMK. The parties opposing the government are expected to muster 154 votes. The Telangana Rashtra<\/h4>\n
has decided to abstain from voting, sources said.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will reply to the debate later this evening, started the<\/h4>\n
with a tweet<\/a>, calling for a “constructive, comprehensive and<\/h4>\n
” debate on what he said was an important day in India’s parliamentary democracy.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
Despite BJP claims about Shiv Sena backing the government, the cantankerous ally stayed away from parliament after last-minute instructions from party chief Uddhav Thackeray. His decision is seen as an embarrassment for the BJP, which claimed the Sena will back the government after Amit Shah’s call to him yesterday.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
BJP lawmaker Prahlad Joshi has moved<\/h4>\n
of privilege motion against Rahul Gandhi, which says he made “unsubstantiated claims” against the party and the Prime Minister on Rafale. It also mentions that<\/h4>\n
Gandhi accused the Prime Minister of cheating the army.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
The Congress, which was given 38 minutes to speak in contrast to the BJP’s 3 hours 33 minutes, was unhappy. “This is a vote of no-confidence… Half an hour should be given to speak on every such big issue,” said Congress’s Mallikarjun Kharge.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
“I hope the opposition will have<\/h4>\n
to hear us out too,” countered Union minister Ananth Kumar. “Rahul-<\/h4>\n
had promised an earthquake when he speaks… It certainly will come, but in the Congress party, in the coalition that they are trying to stitch,” he added.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
The no-confidence motion has been brought by Chandrababu Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party to push its demand for special status for Andhra Pradesh, which would involve extensive financial benefits.<\/h4>\n
Naidu had quit the NDA earlier this year over this issue.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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