00:00 The
00:15 Grand Opposition Alliance has set its plan of moving a no-confidence motion against the
00:20 Narendra Modi government in motion.
00:23 The Indian National Congress' Lok Sabha Deputy and North East Leader Gaurav Gogoi
00:28 has moved the no-confidence motion in the lower house of the parliament today.
00:32 Apart from him, BRS MP Nama Nageshwar Rao has also filed the no-confidence motion against
00:37 the government.
00:39 If adopted in the lower house, this would be a major political development as it would
00:43 be the first time in last 20 years that a no-confidence motion would be taken up.
00:49 The last time a no-confidence motion was initiated was in 2003 against the Atal Bihari Vajpayee
00:54 government.
00:55 This strategy comes in response to the ongoing deadlock in the parliament with the first
00:59 few days of the monsoon session being washed out due to the opposition lawmakers insisting
01:04 on Prime Minister's statement regarding the ethnic violence in Manipur.
01:09 In this video, we bring to you some historical facts about the no-confidence motion besides
01:14 explaining about the ruling regimes whose downfall was attributed to the passage of
01:18 a no-confidence motion.
01:21 Since independence, a total of 27 no-confidence motions have been moved in the Lok Sabha.
01:26 The first no-confidence motion was moved against Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru by Congress
01:31 leader Acharya Kriplani in August 1963 immediately after losing to China in the 1962 war.
01:38 The motion, however, was defeated.
01:40 Indira Gandhi as Prime Minister faced the most number of no-confidence motions, 15,
01:46 but she survived each of the 15 floor tests.
01:49 Former West Bengal CM Jyotirmay Basu of the CPIM had moved a total of four no-confidence
01:55 motions.
01:56 Former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao had to face three no-confidence motions.
02:00 Murarji Desai faced two, while Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee
02:06 and Narendra Modi have all faced one each.
02:09 The first no-confidence motion against Narendra Modi government was moved by the TDP in 2018
02:16 for the non-allocation of adequate funds for the successor state of Andhra Pradesh, but
02:20 it was not taken up by the House.
02:22 The duration of the longest debate on a no-confidence motion was 24.34 hours against Lal Bahadur
02:29 Shastri who has had to prove the majority of the House thrice.
02:33 Here is a look at times when no-confidence motions resulted in the dismissal of political
02:38 regimes over the years.
02:40 1.
02:41 V.P. Singh's regime in 1990 V.P. Singh, a Janata Dal politician, held
02:46 the Prime Minister's post from 1989 to 1990.
02:50 His National Front Coalition government had relied on support from left parties and the
02:54 right-wing BJP to keep the Congress out of power.
02:58 However, the government's survival was short-lived as the BJP withdrew its support over the Ram
03:03 Temple issue, leading to the government's defeat in a no-confidence motion on November
03:08 10, 1990.
03:09 V.P. Singh promptly resigned as the Prime Minister, losing the confidence motion by
03:13 a vote of 142 to 346 in the Lok Sabha with eight abstentions.
03:19 2.
03:20 H.D.
03:21 Devgoda's government in 1997 After the 1996 general elections, the Janata
03:26 Dal leader H.D.
03:27 Devgoda became the Prime Minister when no party secured enough seats to form a government.
03:32 On 1 June 1996, he was chosen to lead the United Front Coalition government with Congress
03:38 support, becoming the 11th Prime Minister of India.
03:41 However, just 10 months later, the Congress led by Sita Ram Kesari withdrew its support,
03:47 leading to Devgoda's fall.
03:49 On April 11, 1997, a no-confidence motion was put forward and Gowda's 13-party coalition
03:55 managed to secure only 158 out of the 545 seats in the Lok Sabha.
04:01 3.
04:02 Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government The veteran BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee
04:07 faced two no-confidence motions during his tenure as Prime Minister.
04:11 The first motion resulted in his government's defeat by a single vote on April 17, 1999
04:17 after the AIA DMK led by Jai Lalita withdrew its support.
04:21 Nonetheless, Vajpayee's political journey was not over.
04:25 A few months later, he led the BJP back to power.
04:28 In 2003, when the opposition brought another no-confidence motion against his government,
04:33 it won by a decisive majority of 312 to 186 votes.
04:39 As far as today's no-confidence motion is concerned, its adoption would hardly mean
04:43 anything for the ruling regime.
04:45 The Narendra Modi government, which enjoys the support of at least 332 MPs in the Lok
04:50 Sabha, faces virtually no threat from this no-confidence motion.
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