The opposition alliance I.N.D.I.A. brought a no-confidence motion against the BJP-led government on Tuesday, but Biju Janata Dal (BJD) refused to support it, claiming that it would be “resoundingly defeated.”
BJD MP Pinaki Misra said that his party cannot support the no-trust motion as the Central government has done many things for Odisha.
“I cannot support a No-Confidence Motion against a Central Government today, even though we are against the BJP as a political party…I am grateful for the many things that the Central Government has done for Odisha which is why, in any case, I am unable to persuade myself on behalf of my party and leader to support a No Confidence Motion today which has been brought by the Congress party,” BJP MP Misra said in Lok Sabha.
He further said that the motion which was brought by the Congress will not benefit the party.
“I have no doubt that the no-confidence motion against the PM Modi-led government will be resoundingly defeated and it will be rejected. I think it will not at all benefit the Congress to have brought this motion at this point of time,” he added.
The debate on the no-confidence motion was initiated by Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, with heated exchanges between the opposition and treasury benches.
Further, hitting out at the Congress party, BJP MP Pinaki Misra said that the grand old party is “adept” at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Nevertheless, because of the majority that Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies hold in parliament, his administration won’t lose the vote. Opposition leaders assert that Modi will be forced to address the ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur state during the debate.