Lok Sabha to debate no confidence motion on August 8 ,PM's expected reply on August 10

The Lok Sabha will debate the no-confidence motion between August 8 and 10 during the ongoing Monsoon session of the Parliament. This comes almost two weeks after the Opposition bloc under alliance INDIA moved the motion against the PM Modi government over the ongoing turmoil in Manipur for the past 3 months. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to reply to the motion on August 10. Besides the INDIA bloc, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has also moved into a no-trust motion against the government over the Manipur crisis.

The no confidence motion was moved by Gourav Gogoi, a Congress MP in Lok Sabha on July 26. Opposition leaders have maintained so far that the move is to mount pressure on the PM to speak on the issue inside the parliament.

The opposition parties including Congress, DMK, TMC and the Left, as well as Bharat Rashtra Samithi, demanded that the House take up the motion immediately and condemn the government trying to push through its legislative agenda amidst the ongoing ruckus .

“During the 16th Lok Sabha, when the TDP (Telugu Desam Party) moved a no-confidence motion, it was listed the next day. Therefore, the delay is not proper. In protest, the INDIA alliance partners walked out of the Speaker’s Business Advisory Committee of the Lok Sabha,” Congress Whip Manickam Tagore said as reported by The Hindu.

“The Parliamentary Affairs Minister was initially mentioning Bills that the government is hoping to take up, and informed about the no-confidence vote when we were walking out of the BAC,” a senior Congress leader told The Hindu.

Mr. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury pointed out past instances when a no-confidence motion brought against the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government and the Manmohan Singh government were taken up immediately . "We have no objection to discuss any other govt. businesses in the house, but discussion on no confidence motion should start first " Chowdhury said.
BJP sources indicate that the party is preparing data that will highlight the troubles of North East throughout history, for the most parts of which Congress had governed the respective states.

A no-confidence motion is a parliamentary process initiated by any Lok Sabha member against the ruling party using rules 198(1) and 198(5). This motion highlights the responsibility of the Council of Ministers to the Lok Sabha, as stated in Article 75(3) of the Indian constitution.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently experiencing his second no-confidence motion, following a previous one in 2018.