UPA not concerned about no-confidence motion with 300 MPs support

20 Nov 2012 Evaluate

Confident of the support of over 300 MPs in the Lok Sabha, the UPA government is not concerned about the proposed no-confidence motion. On the other hand, it claims to enjoy the support of several parties who are not part of the alliance formally, which takes it past the half-way mark of 273 in the 545-member Lok Sabha, even Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee is confident of taking the Opposition along with her to overwhelm the UPA.

After the withdrawal of 19 MPs from the government a few months back over fuel price rise and FDI, the UPA has now 254 MPs in the Lok Sabha. Supports were also raised by the outside parties, taking its strength past 300. Since UPA is confident enough to sail through a no-confidence motion, the Opposition is yet to decide what it wants to do as the winter session begins on November 23. However, the party will announce its stand after the NDA meeting and the AIADMK, too, which will meet on Nov 22 to finalise its decision.

The Left Front, which is Mamata's arch rival, has remained non-committal with the CPI-M saying that the party will not back such a move and if Mamata managed to get the support of 50 MPs required to introduce the no-confidence motion then his party will not try to save the UPA government, CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta added.

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