PM Modi to reply to no-confidence motion today in Lok Sabha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address the Lok Sabha on Thursday in response to the Oppositions noconfidence motion against the NDA governmentDefence Minister Rajnath Singh confirming the PMs presence at the Parliament on Wednesday said The PM will be present in the House on Thursday to reply to the noconfidence motionMeanwhile Union Home Minister Amit Shah also confirmed that the Prime Minister will be present in the House on Thursday to reply to the noconfidence motionThe opposition moved a noconfidence motion against the Modi government on July 26 which was accepted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om BirlaHowever the Modigovernment wont lose the vote as his Bharatiya Janata Party BJP and its allies have a majority in the Lok SabhaAny Lok Sabha MP who has the support of 50 colleagues can at any point of time introduce a motion of noconfidence against the Council of MinistersThereafter a discussion on the motion takes place MPs who support the motion highlight the governmentacirciquestiquests shortcomings and the Treasury Benches respond to the issues they raise Ultimately voting takes place and if the motion is successful the government is forced to vacate the officeNotably the NDA has a commendable majority with a number of 331 MPs out of which the BJP has 303 MPs while the combined strength of the Opposition bloc INDIA is 144 The numbers of unaligned partiesacirciquestiquest MPs are 70 in the Lower HouseThis is the second time Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing a noconfidence motionCongress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Tuesday initiated the debate on the motion which later turned into a heated argument between the Opposition and the CentreAccording to the revised list of business Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh Ministry of Law and Justice and Ministry of Culture Arjun Ram Meghwal Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar Choubey Ministry of Culture Meenakshi Lekhi and Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region Verma to lay the papers on the table in the Rajya SabhaJitendra Singh to make a statement regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the 336th Report of the Departmentrelated Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology Environment Forest and Climate Change on Demands for Grants 202021 pertaining to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research DSIR Ministry of Science and TechnologyAjay Bhatt to make a statement regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the 313th Report of the Departmentrelated Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport Tourism and Culture on Promotion of Indian Tourism in Overseas Markets Role of Overseas Tourist Offices and Indian Embassies pertaining to the Ministry of TourismMeanwhile Arjun Kumar MeghwalAcirc to move for leave to introduce a Bill to regulate the appointment conditions of service and term of office of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners the procedure for transaction of business by the Election Commission and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto Also to introduce the Bill and to move that the Bill to repeal certain enactments and to amend an enactment as passed by Lok Sabha be taken into considerationUnion Health Minister Manuskh Mandaviya will move the Bill further to amend the Pharmacy Act 1948 as passed by Lok Sabha be taken into considerationMoreover according to the list of business in Lok Sabha Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Ministry of Civil Aviation VK Singh Ministry of Power Krishan Pal Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Rameshwar Teli Ministry of Finance Pankaj Chaudhary Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Kaushal Kishore Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of AYUSH Manjapara Mahendrabhai to lay the papers on the table in the Lok SabhaFurthermore Arjun Ram Meghwal to move that the Bill further to amend the Advocates Act 1961 as passed by Rajya Sabha be taken into consideration and also moved to be passedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever