YSRC gives notice of notrust motion
MORE PRESSURE Party raises pitch of Andhra special status battle, Naidu’s TDP may support; Centre feels motion will not garner numbers
A day after suffering a major setback when it lost the prestigious Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, pressure piled up on the National Democratic Alliance government on Thursday when YSR Congress Party, the main opposition party of Andhra Pradesh, gave notice of a no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government.
The state’s ruling party Telugu Desam Party, which is a constituent of the NDA government, is also slated to meet at the capital Amravati to decide on whether to continue in the alliance or not, and Chief minister Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday evening indicated that he would likely support the no-confidence motion.
Naidu had pulled out his party’s two ministers from the Union cabinet earlier this month on March 8, as a war rages over
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the state’s demand for special category status from the Centre.
The issue of special status to Andhra has held Parliament to hostage with YSR Congress and TDP disrupting proceedings in both houses.
YSR Congress MP YS Subba Reddy submitted a notice to the Lok Sabha secretariat on Thursday that the party would move the no-confidence motion on Friday. It had earlier planned to make the move on March 21, but brought it forward amid speculation that the government may adjourn the second half of the budget session in the wake of continued disruptions.
A no-confidence motion needs the support of a minimum of 50 members of the Lok Sabha to be put to vote.