(PTI)
The Lok Sabha today failed to take up again notices for no-confidence motion against the government after Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said the House was not in order and adjourned proceedings amid noisy protests over various issues. In a novel way to convey they have enough numbers to seek the no-confidence motion, members from the Congress, the Left and some other parties displayed blue-coloured placards, each with a circled number along with the words ‘For no- confidence’. The numbers ranged from 1 to at least 80. At least 50 members need to support a no-confidence notice for the House to accept it and start a debate.
As soon as the House met for the Zero Hour, members from the AIADMK trooped into the Well shouting slogans and demanding immediate constitution of the Cauvery river management board while many other Opposition members were seeking taking up of notices for no-confidence motion.
Mahajan told the House that she has received notices for no-confidence motion from members of various parties, adding that she was duty-bound to take them up. However, she decided not to take up the notices citing that the House was not in order. Unless the House is in order, “I will not be in a position” to take up notices, Mahajan said even as she requested protesting members to go back to their seats.
