Today’s no-trust vote debate may be shortest since ’90s

NEW DELHI: The debate on the no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government on Friday may go down as the shortest since the 1990s.

According to the data available with Hindustan Times, the debate before the floor test faced by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in 2003 lasted for 23 hours. Nearly a decade before that, the Congress government led by PV Narsimha Rao survived three no-confidence motions.

The two debates on the no-confidence motions against the Rao regime in 1992, one in July and another in December, lasted for 14 and 21 hours respectively. The no-trust vote debate against Rao government in 1993 went for 19 hours.

A total of seven hours have initially been allotted for Friday’s no-trust motion debate.

“The initial time almost always gets extended during a debate. Even if this debate is extended by another two-three hours, there is a chance that it may be the shortest debate on no-confidence motion,” said a

THE TWO DEBATES ON THE NOCONFIDENCE MOTIONS AGAINST THE RAO REGIME IN 1992 LASTED FOR 14 AND 21 HOURS AND THE ONE IN 1993 WENT FOR 19 HRS

Lok Sabha official on the condition of anonymity.

The debate on budget, the motion of thanks to the President’s speech and the discussion on the no-confidence motion generally consume more time than the other business of the House.

On Wednesday, the Lok Sabha Speaker accepted the notice for a no-confidence vote against the council of ministers and made a slot for discussions from 11am onwards on Friday.

Former prime minister Indira Gandhi faced the no-trust motion 15 times, the most in Parliament history.

The first no-confidence motion was moved against the Jawaharlal Nehru government in 1963 by JB Kripalani, who was popularly known as Acharya Kripalani.