No-confidence motion live: Lots of lies have been spread about unemployment, says PM Modi

The Opposition is lying about the state of the economy: PM Modi

Lots of lies have been spread about unemployment: Modi

Any incident of violence brings shame to the nation. I will once again urge the state governments to punish those who indulge in violence: PM Modi

I want to tell the people of Andhra Pradesh that we will keep working for them. We will do everything possible for the development of AP: PM Modi

TDP MPs storm the Well of the House for the second time as PM Modi speaks on the no-confidence vote.

We have empowered farmers by raising the MSP: PM Modi

Congress did not hike MSP, now it says it is pro-farmer: Modi

When TDP was leaving NDA, I called up Chandrababu Naidu, warned him that you are falling into YSR Congress's trap: PM Modi said amid uproar in Lok Sabha

Congress' influence has faded across states in India: PM Modi said as he attacked Rahul Gandhi.

Congress is cut-off from ground reality: PM Modi

Congress's high command culture has led to its decline, he declared.

UPA divided Andhra Pradesh for no reason, he said.

We gave Andhra a special package, instead of special status, he asserted

India has punished Congress for supporting one family, PM Modi said while taking a dig at the Rahul Gandhi's party.

Rahul speaks on topics he has no knowledge about: PM Modi

The entire nation saw the wink, Modi said referring to Rahul Gandhi's wink after hugging the Indian prime minister.

Congress has always toyed with the nation, Modi said.

I have the power to challenge you eye-to-eye: Modi to Rahul Gandhi

You are naamdar, we are kaamdar: Modi to Rahul Gandhi

Congress' mantra is 'note for vote': Modi

"

Rafale deal was made by two responsible governments: PM Modi

The language used for the defence minister wasn't correct: PM Modi

The soldiers will be disheartened by statements made against the surgical strikes, PM Modi

Calling surgical strike jhumla strike? It shamed the defence forces, PM Modi thundered as the Opposition erupted.

Rahul is in a hurry to unseat me, he said. 

The Congress has no faith in the Supreme Court and CJI, PM Modi said.

The Indian economy is booming, he said amid uproar in Parliament.

The Congress no faith in itself: PM Modi

We have the honour of working towards electrification of 18,000 villages that were in the dark for 70 years. Most of these villages were situated in eastern India and the Northeast: PM Modi said.

"This is not a floor test, but a forced test," the Indian PM said while taking a dig at the Opposition as MPs shouted slogans against him.

'What was the rush for no-confidence motion," PM Modi asked.

Many have been influenced by negative politics, the PM said. "Rahul Gandhi is eager for me to leave the chair," the PM said while taking a dig at Congress president.

Arrogance of power is fueling the no-confidence motion," he declared.

This was Rahul's attempt to become PM, he said, adding,"only citizens of India can unseat me, not Rahul Gandhi."

Former J&K chief minister Farooq Abdullah said: "We need to build a country where everyone can be together."

"Congress has also contributed to this country," he said.

"Please end the hatred," he appealed on the floor of the House.

Asaduddin Owaisi, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen(AIMIM) chief said: "In the last four years, there has been no job-creation by the BJP government."

"What is the government's Kashmir policy," he asked. 

"Lynchings did not just happen in 1984, it happened in 2002 as well," he said.

 "For you, Ram is in Ayodhya but for us Ram is everywhere," TMC leader Dinesh Trivedi said.

Trivedi said the value of the Rupee is at an all-time low, it should be taken seriously he added. "Manufacturing has shrunk," he observed during his speech on the no-confidence vote.

TMC leader Dinesh Trivedi taking a dig at the BJP said "truth" will win in the end.

Today I was amused to see TDP joining hands with Congress, BJP MP Hari Babu Kambhampati said. "It does not bode well for the state of Andhra Pradesh," he added. 

Congress leader Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge questioned the electrification drive of the BJP, saying it was done earlier by the Congress. "If we go by your example, democracy will come to an end," he said.

"The Congress must think why it is in power in just 5 states," Paswan said in his closing remarks. "There is no competition for PM Modi during the 2019 polls," he added.

Ram Vilas Paswan openly attacked BSP chief Mayawati for siding with the Samajwadi Party, after being sworn enemies in earlier years. 

Consumer affairs and food distribution minister Ram Vilas Paswan took up the Women's Bill in the Lok Sabha as the Opposition sparred over his remarks. The minister attacked the Congress, saying is the Samajwadi Party ready for it? As soon as he began challenging, slogans broke out in Parliament. 

Lok Sabha adjourned till 4.30 pm. 

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 11 am on 23rd July, news agency ANI reports. 

After 15 years, a  no-confidence motion has been moved against a government. We never moved a no-confidence motion in ten years when Congress was in power because we understood that the Congress had people's mandate: Union minister Rajnath Singh

Home Minister Rajnath Singh takes the floor.

India stands with BJP. No-trust vote will fail, says Rajnath Singh. Opposition forced to unite against us. NDA has strength in parliament, he added. 

BJP MPs to move privilege motion against Rahul Gandhi

BJP MPs will move a privilege motion against Rahul Gandhi for putting forth falsehood and misleading the Parliament, says Ananth Kumar, BJP leader and Union Affairs minister. 

Describing Rahul Gandhi's behaviour childish, Kumar said he has grown old but it is unfortunate that he has not grown up. It is unfortunate that the president of Congress is so ill-informed and immature.  

Earlier, Kirron Kher, BJP MP said Rahul Gandhi should be ashamed. ''He can't target our ministers without any proof. He was doing drama in the house and hugging Modi ji. I think his next step will be Bollywood. We will have to send him there,'' added Kher. 

BJP to move privilege motion against Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha over his 'false allegations', reports news agency ANI. 

‘Our Prime Minister has become like a travelling salesman,’ says Trinamool Congress’s Saugata Roy. 

The BJP’s economic policy has destroyed the country and throttled the economy. Mallya, Modi and Choksi have been linked to the BJP, says Trinamool Congress’s Saugata Roy.

Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur says this is Parliament, not Munna Bhai where “pappi jhappis” happen.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak on the No Confidence Motion post 6:30 pm today, news agency ANI reports quoting sources. 

"Secrecy agreement with France was signed in 2008 and Rafale deal was also covered in it," Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says in Lok Sabha in reply to Rahul Gandhi's allegations

"For the first time in the history of India, women are not being protected. Wherever you see, Dalit, Adivasis, minorities are being thrashed, killed, but Prime Minister can't speak a word. Are these minorities, Adivasis, women not a part of India?" Rahul asks in Lok Sabha 

"During the adjournment break, not only opposition MPs but also your (NDA) MPs congratulated me and said you spoke very well," Rahul says in Lok Sabha

"MSP is also a 'jumla strike'. Kisano ko bhi sirf jumle se lubhaya ja raha hai," Rahul Gandhi says in Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha adjourned till 1.45

"I can see him smiling. But there's a touch of nervousness in the gentleman and he is looking away from me. I can understand that. He cannot look into my eyes, I can see that because the Prime Minister has not been truthful," Rahul Gandhi says in Lok Sabha. He adds that Prime Minister Modi must answer whether the Rafale deal was cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Security

Rahul continues to switch between Hindi and English in his speech. 

Also read: Paresh Rawal says if Rahul speaks without notes, Earth will shake

And so far, he has not read from any notes

"Everybody understands and sees the amount of money which goes into the marketing of the Prime Minister of India," Rahul Gandhi says in the Lok Sabha. 

Speaker Sumita Mahajan says Rahul's accusations are not to go on record. 

"Defence Minister said there is secrecy pact with France on Rafale deal. I personally met PM of France and asked him if any such pact existed, he clearly said there is no pact," Rahul says in Lok Sabha. 

"The Defence Minister (Nirmala Sitharaman) has clearly spoken an untruth," he adds. 

"Jahan jaate hain wahan rozgaar ki baat karte hain. Kabhi kehte hain pakode banao, kabhi dukaan kholo. Rozgaar small&medium businesses laayenge. PM ne demonetisation kiya, shayad samajh nahi thi ki kisan, majdoor, garib apna dhandha cash mein chalaate hain," Rahul says in Parliament

Rahul Gandhi reminds Prime Minister Narendra Modi of his pre-poll promises. That Rs 15 lakh would be deposited in every Indian's bank account and that he would create 2 crore jobs.

Rahul then goes on to say that those jobs would have been created by small and medium size industry but that Modi instead, because of demonetisation, caused severe damage to those same sections of industry. 

"You are the victim of a 21st-century political weapon and you are not the only one. The political weapon is called the 'jumla strike'," Congress President Rahul Gandhi says to the TDP in Lok Sabha. 

Rahul Gandhi begins to speak in Lok Sabha, leads Opposition charge against BJP-led government 

The BJP's Rakesh Singh begins to speak. The Jabalpur MP is the BJP's Madhya Pradesh chief

Galla is interrupted by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan some four times, saying he has overshot his time limit. The TDP, whose no-confidence motion had been accepted by the speaker, was allotted only 13 minutes to make its case. 

The Congress' Mallikarjun Kharge had said earlier today that not enough time had been given to the parties to make their case. 

Below is the amount of time the various parties in the Lok Sabha have been allotted. The trust vote will take place at 6 pm today. 

BJP: 3.33 hours

Congress: 38 minutes

AIADMK: 29 minutes

Trinamool Congress: 27 minutes

BJD: 15 minutes

Shiv Sena: 14 minutes (The Sena however has said it will be abstaining from Parliament today)

TDP: 13 minutes

Others: 1.11 hours

Jayadev Galla, 52, is the MP from Guntur. He is the owner of Amaron batteries. He studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the US

Galla asks PM if he respects the word of his predecessor? The former Manmohan Singh government had promised Andhra Pradesh "special status" (under which a state receives large amounts of finance from the centre) after the new state of Telangana was carved out of it. The Modi government had refused to give Andhra special status, which led to the TDP walking out of the NDA alliance, and moving the no-confidence motion against the government. 

Also read: Will give money equivalent of special status to Andhra Pradesh, says Arun Jaitley

Shiv Sena MPs will abstain from trust vote, will not attend Lok Sabha today. 

Also read: Final call on no-confidence vote to be taken by Uddhav Thackeray, says Shiv Sena
 

Galla says AP has been reduced to an "agricultural state"

Galla says Andhra Pradesh, and not Telangana, is the "new state". Says "we are the ones who have to build a new capital, a new industrial base". 

TDP MP Jayadev Galla opens debate. The no-confidence motion had been moved by the TDP over the Centre's refusal to give Andhra Pradesh "special status"

Galla says no-confidence motion brought for four reasons —  "fairness, trust, priority, bias"

The Modi government is expected to have a smooth sailing when it faces the first no-confidence motion in four years in the Lok Sabha today with all eyes on fence sitters like the AIADMK and the BJD and the day-long debate that is likely to set the agenda for the 2019 general elections.

Though the numbers are heavily stacked against the opposition, the Congress and other parties indicated on Thursday that they are keen to utilise the debate to attack the government on a range of issues including farm distress, slow economic growth and rising incidents of lynching.

The BJP, on the other hand, is seeking to expand the guaranteed support of 313 members after estranged ally Shiv Sena said it will back the government and look for support from regional parties like the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(AIADMK) and the Biju Janata Dal(BJD). It would try to weaken the anti-BJP front by eroding the support for the no-trust motion and deplete the opposition numbers.

In a House of 534 MPs, the National Democratic Alliance(NDA) has 313 members including 274 (including the Speaker)of BJP, 18 of Shiv Sena, six of Ram Vilas Paswan-led LJP and four from Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD).

The majority mark in the House is 268. There are 11 vacancies.

Also read: Final call on no-confidence vote to be taken by Uddhav Thackeray, says Shiv Sena

As the opposition and the government geared up for the no-trust motion — the first in 15 years — Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami hinted his party AIADMK might not back the motion. The AIADMK has 37 MPs and its abstention during voting is also not being ruled out. The previous no-trust motion that was moved by the Congress against the Vajpayee government in 2003 was defeated.

The ruling BJD in Odisha said it will reveal its stand on the motion on the floor of the House on Friday. The BJD has 19 MPs.

All the key parties including the BJP and the Congress have issued whips to ensure the presence of all its members in the House. The debate is scheduled to start at 11 am.

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan had said that a discussion on the no-confidence motion moved by BJP's former ally TDP and others will be held for the full day followed by voting on it.

The BJP claimed it will comfortably sail through the no-confidence motion and that it is hopeful of getting support from several non-NDA parties.

"Government has the strength in the House to defeat the motion if one calculates by Indian mathematics...And I do not know which country's mathematics she is using to calculate the numbers," BJP general secretary Ram Madhav said on the sidelines of an event, reacting to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's claim that the Opposition had the numbers.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar also took a dig at the Congress leader, saying, "Sonia Gandhi's maths is weak."

"We will get new support. It will be from the South, East and all other directions,"

"The numbers are very clear. The BJP by itself has a majority in the lower house. We have nearly 314 members within the NDA and there are many other parties which are likely to oppose this no-confidence motion," BJP national spokesperson G V L Narasimha Rao said.

The Congress, however, said it is not only a question of numbers.

"It is not only a question of numbers. The opposition will raise various issues concerning the people of the country. Our campaign is to expose the government and tell the truth to the people," senior Spokesperson of the Congress Anand Sharma told reporters.

He said the Congress and other opposition parties will use the occasion to highlight the failures of the government and show them the mirror. "This is the launch of a campaign which will send them packing in 2019 Lok Sabha polls."

The Congress had a strategy meeting of its Lok Sabha MPs presided by Sonia Gandhi during which it was decided to attack the government on farm distress among other issues during the debate.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi will lead the charge for the Congress, according to the party.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his speech is likely to paint Congress and other opposition parties as an "opportunistic alliance" with the sole aim of dislodging him from power.

Ahead of Assembly polls in four states due later this year and the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP leaders see the debate as an opportunity to reach out to the masses with various "successes" of the government and also to attack the "opportunist alliance" of opposition parties.

The Opposition parties have brought the motion against the government on several issues like special status to Andhra Pradesh, cow vigilantism, lynchings, atrocities against women and dalits and alleged dilution of the SC/ST Act.

According to projections by the BJP's floor managers, the government is also likely to get support from small parties outside the NDA such as Anbumani Ramadoss's PMK and Raju Shetty-led Swabhimani Paksha. Abstention by some opposition parties is also not being ruled out.

The stated strength of the Opposition is 220, including 63 of the Congress-led UPA, 37 of AIADMK, 34 of Trinamool Congress(TMC), 19 of BJD, 16 of TDP and 11 of Telangana Rashtra Samithi(TRS).

The Lok Sabha Speaker's decision to accept the motion moved by Telugu Desam Party(TDP) and others came on the very first day of the Winter session of Parliament on Wednesday, a move that caught the opposition by surprise. 

News reports said Thursday that BJP President Amit Shah had spoken with Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray who had issued a whip to all party MPs

Also read: No-confidence motion admitted against Narendra Modi government

Biju Janata Dal(BJD) issues whip, directs MPs to be present in Lok Sabha tomorrow for the no-confidence motion

"The Home Minister's statement in Lok Sabha on mob lynching was not satisfactory at all, that is why we staged a walkout from the house. This is not a game of ping-pong that states and Centre keep shifting responsibilities," the Congress' Shashi Tharoor said

Rajnath Singh spoke in Parliament today on the recent spate of lynchings. 

"Such incidents are very shameful,' he said. He added however that law and order (and therefore the lynchings) are a state matter but that the central government cannot keep sitting on the matter. 

He blamed fake news distributed over social media as being one of the main reasons for the problem. He added that the government had asked social media providers to install checks in their platforms to help curb fake news. 

He added that when such an incident (lynching) is reported, he speaks immediately to the chief minister concerned and asks them to take strong action against the culprits. 

Discussion on no-confidence motion to take place in Lok Sabha on Friday. 

Samajwadi Party and Telugu Desam Party MPs protest in the well of the House in Lok Sabha over different issues (mob lynching cases and demand for special status for Andhra Pradesh)

'The government which led farmers to commit suicide, under whose regime women are being raped everyday... we move no confidence motion against you,' Congress MP Jyotiraditya Scindia says in Lok Sabha

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12 pm after protest by TDP MPs over special status demand for Andhra Pradesh Monsoon Session

Monsoon session of Parliament is underway in Lok Sabha amid sloganeering by members of the opposition over recent cases of mob lynching. 

Also read: Supreme Court tells Parliament to make law to deal with lynching

"We hope that Monsoon Session of Parliament functions smoothly, whatever issues any party has, it can raise on the floor of the house. Government is ready for discussion on all issues," Prime Minister Modi said Wednesday. The monsoon session of Parliament begins today.