No-trust vote

“The rule is clear that the Lok Sabha speaker has to take up the no-confidence notices before any other business. The BJP may not like it to happen,” he said.

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP), which recently quit the ruling coalition at the Centre, and the YSR Congress party have filed notices of no-confidence motions against the government over the denial of ‘special category’ status for Andhra Pradesh. The Congress gave its notice last week and asked that it be taken up on Tuesday.

Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan has not taken up the notices so far as the “House was not in order” amid continued protests.

While BJP leaders maintain they are ready for discussions on any issue, including the no-confidence motions, the Opposition alleges that the party is tacitly propping up the AIADMK to disrupt parliamentary proceedings.

The AIADMK said on Monday it hoped the Centre would constitute the Cauvery board within the next four days. “We will decide the future course of action if the Union government fails to do so,” Tamil Nadu chief minister E Palaniswami said at a function.

The TDP has asked its MPS to be present in Parliament on Tuesday and TRS has asked its lawmakers to not rush to the well of the House, improving the possibilities of a debate. Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu also told his MPS in a teleconference call to attend Parliament and insist for a debate.