Senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party Murli Manohar Joshi said here on Tuesday that just talking of bringing a no-confidence motion against the United Progressive Alliance government made no sense if the party supporting the motion did not have the numbers to support it.
Mr. Joshi was referring to the remarks made by Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi on Monday on bringing the no-confidence motion.
“No-confidence motion is only feasible when you have the real numbers, which, at this moment, Mamataji doesn’t [have],” he told a journalist.
The BJP leadership had ruled out any no-confidence against the UPA government, with party president Nitin Gadkari saying on September 20 that the government might fall as a result of its own deeds.
On Sharad Yadav, Convenor of the National Democratic Alliance, sharing the dais with Ms. Banerjee at her protest rally in New Delhi, Mr. Joshi said he did not believe in “political untouchability” on issues of national importance.
“Sharad Yadav can go there as the NDA is opposing FDI in multi-brand retail,” he said, adding that leaders of the Left parties were also present on stage with the BJP, while protesting against the issue.
“Mamata is opposing FDI in multi-brand retail, so is Sitaram Yechury,” he said.
Mr. Joshi evaded any direct response on the possibility of the Trinamool warming up to the NDA in the future.
Keywords: UPA government, no-confidence motion, FDI in retail, Mamata Banerjee, Congress-Trinamool rift
If the opposition parties are convinced that the government had failed
miserably in economic front in particular and in all other areas in
general, then, it is their duty to move "No Trust Motion". Give
opportunities to MPs to use their conscience. If the motion is defeated
then that is the end of political career of the MP who voted against the
motion. Let us keep aside the technicalities and constitution - the
Peoples' Representatives' first and foremost loyalty is towards the
people who had elected him.
Even if the opposition has numbers before the No-Confidence motion, I'm
not sure if it would during the motion given our past experience in the
Nuclear agreement...
Cash for votes... rings bell?
Trinamool Congress has already announced the withdrawal of support to UPA government. The second biggest allay, DMK, has also said categorically that it would not back the government on any resolution brought against the government on FDI in multi-brand retail trade. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Dr. J.Jayalalithaa, has vehemently opposed the decision to allow 51 percent FDI in multi-brand retail. Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav has expressed support to Mamata Banerjee's resolution. Likewise, almost all opposition parties such as BJP, CPM, CPI, Janatha Dal (United), Telugudesam Party, Bhahujan Samajwadi Party, and a host of other minor parties such as DMDK and MDMK have expressed their strong resentment. Therefore, there is no chance for the UPA government to survive any no confidence motion brought by Trinamool Congress or any other party. In all likely hood elections may be held sometime in the early 2013.
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