No-Confidence Motion in Lok Sabha Against NDA Government Defeated; 326 MPs Voted 'No', 126 'Ayes': Highlights

In the voting held after the conclusion of the debate on no-confidence motion, 325 MPs voted 'no', whereas, 126 lawmakers voted 'ayes'. "The no-trust vote has, thereby, been defeated," Speaker Sumitra Maharajan announced as she adjourned the House. Thank you for staying tuned with the live coverage!

The Opposition has been defeated by the ruling BJP and allies in the voice vote held on the no-trust motion following the debate.

"I would like to thank the Prime Minister for his speech. His speech was akin to a scene from a Bollywood blockbuster. It was similar to 2014, when people of this nation were betrayed by the fancy speeches and hollow promises," said TDP MP Kesineni Srinivas, who had moved the no-confidence motion taken up for discussion.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ended his speech. In the concluding lines, he assured the people of Andhra Pradesh of "full cooperation from the Centre" for the state's development.

PM Modi said violence is unacceptable in any form and asked the state governments to enact stringent laws to curb lynchings and mob violence incidents.

Modi said the banks were mismanaged under the Congress rule, to the extent where the lending operations were nearly paralysed due to unethical loans extended to unqualified buyers. "Loans were given over the phone in the Congress rule. This is how the NPAs were spread during this period," he said.

Modi said the erstwhile government led by Congress had fooled the farmers for 10 years under its rule. "We have finally fulfilled the demand to raise the minimum support prices by 150 per cent," he added.

PM Modi said his government is binded by the 14th Finance Commission, and, hence, could not grant the special status to Andhra Pradesh. "But we had prepared a special financial package which would had similarly expedited development in the state...The TDP, however, took U-turn to hide its own shortfalls," Modi said.

PM Modi said his party had opposed the division of Andhra Pradesh as it was bound to cause financial hardships. "At the time, I had said that we are trying to kill the mother (Andhra) for the birth of the child (Telangana). And it was the former government responsible for this, which closed the doors of Rajya Sabha and demarcated the state," he said.

On Rahul Gandhi's claim that the Prime Minister will not be able to look eye-to-eye with him, Modi said, "He is right. Who am I to look into the eyes of a dynast. I'm born to a poor mother in a backward caste. I'm a worker, he's a dynast. Don't we know the fate of those who looked eye to eye with the (Nehru-Gandhi) family. We know what happened to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Morarji Desai, Chaudhary Charan Singh, Chandrashekhar and Pranab Mukherjee."