Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) leader Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday held a meeting of all Lok Sabha MPs of the party at Parliament complex. The meeting is currently underway at the party office in the parliament in the national capital. Sources familiar with the development claimed that recent setback in Karnataka is likely to be discussed in the meeting.
After 4 day-long debate on a Confidence motion, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy led coalition government on Tuesday fell after it suffered a defeat in the floor test of the assembly.
“Chief Minister Kumaraswamy has lost the floor test, as 99 votes were in favor of the confidence motion and 105 against it,” Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar told the members of the House after the trust vote.
With 20 MLAs defying the party whip and were absent for the floor test, the strength of the 225-member Karnataka Assembly was reduced to 204 with 103 as the halfway mark for a simple majority.
While the other issue that party may take up for discussions is the US President Donald Trump‘s remark on the Kashmir Issue. US President, during a meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, had claimed that PM Narendra Modi has asked him to act as a mediator for resolving the Kashmir standoff between the two countries.
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Opposition parties created ruckus in both the houses over Trump’s remark and demanded an answer from the PM Narendra Modi. The opposition said PM Modi should ‘clear the air’ by addressing both the houses of parliament.
Earlier on Tuesday, Sonia Gandhi slammed the Union Government for making changes in the Right to Information Bill. Calling it as a matter of utmost concern, Sonia Gandhi in a statement said, ‘The Central Government may use its legislative majority to achieve its aims but in the process, it would be disempowering each and every citizen of our country’.
In the meantime, Congress MP Ghulam Nabi Azad, the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, called a meeting of Rajya Sabha MPs of Congress & other opposition parties in the Parliament office later today. The meeting is expected to be held at 1 pm today.
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