BJP will win no-confidence motion, even if ditched by all its allies
New Delhi, July 20: The Narendra Modi government is set to win the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha today. The BJP led NDA appears to be confident of winning the motion comfortably as it has the required numbers.
With
312
MPs
on
its
side,
the
NDA
is
well
above
the
halfway
mark
of
268.
Even
if
all
the
allies
ditch
the
BJP,
the
party
has
273
members
which
is
five
above
the
magic
mark.
While
the
NDA
victory
was
a
foregone
conclusion,
Congress
leader
Sonia
Gandhi
stepped
up
the
suspense
when
she
said,
' who
said
we
do
not
have
the
numbers.'
BJP leader, Ananth Kumar however countered Sonia Gandhi by saying that her math is weak. Their calculation is wrong and the Modi government has the numbers both inside and outside Parliament, he also said.
The opposition is well aware that it does not have the numbers on its side. It is looking to use this opportunity to corner the government by attacking some of its policies. Issues such as the special status to Andhra Pradesh, GST, farmer issues and demonetisation would be taken up by the opposition during the day long debate in Parliament. The BJP on the other hand would also look to showcase its government by countering the opposition's narrative.
More importantly for the BJP, it would like to go through this exercise, so that Parliament is not disrupted in the days to come. The opposition would have disrupted Parliament, if the BJP had opposed introducing the no-confidence motion. We have the numbers, a BJP leader told OneIndia. We will use this as an opportunity counter the narrative against us, he also said.