The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) issued a whip to its MPs to attend the ongoing second leg of the budget session of Parliament till the end.
This is to be prepared for a possible discussion on the no-confidence motion moved by it against the NDA government over the implementation of the A.P. Reorganisation Act and various assurances given in the Rajya Sabha at the time of bifurcation.
Kakinada MP and TDP Floor Leader in the Lok Sabha, Thota Narasimham told The Hindu over phone that the no-confidence motion elicited the support of the Congress, the Trinamool Congress, the Samajwadi Party and the MIM. He claimed that the support was going to swell on Monday as leaders of more national parties were inclined to espouse the cause of A.P.
Meanwhile, YSRCP Floor Leader in the Lok Sabha Y.V. Subba Reddy wrote to the Lok Sabha Secretariat to put his notice for the motion in the revised list of business.
When the notices served by the YSRCP and the TDP were not taken up last week, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar had argued that they could not be due to the House being not in order, with members of several parties raising slogans in the Well.
With the Telangana Rashtra Samithi and the AIADMK, which have often cooperated with the government on its legislative business, protesting over a host of issues, it remains uncertain if order is restored on Monday.
BJP confident
Both parties have been lobbying with Opposition parties for support to their respective notices. A no-confidence motion notice has to be supported by at least 50 MPs to be taken up in the House.
The BJP-led NDA government has expressed confidence that the notices, even if they are admitted, will be defeated given its strength in the Lok Sabha.
(With inputs from PTI)
