The INDIA bloc’s no-confidence motion was defeated in the Lok Sabha on Thursday following a walkout by the Opposition parties during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech.
PM Modi, during his two-hour speech, said that the motion has always proven to be lucky for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government.
“No-confidence motions have proven to be lucky for us, and this one will also ensure we return with a record-breaking mandate,” PM Modi said in the Lok Sabha.
PM Modi on no-confidence motion
Taking a dig at the Opposition, PM Modi said, “In the no-confidence motion of 2018, they did not even get as many votes as their strength. This is not a floor test for the government but for the Opposition. When the Opposition went to the public, the public gave them a low confidence score. In the election, the BJP got more votes. The BJP will return with a full majority, with the people’s blessings.”
He further said the Opposition is only concerned with its “political future” and not India’s future.
“You [Opposition] are not worried about the hunger of the poor; you are only worried about power. You are not worried about the youth’s future, but only about your future,” he said.
“We have given the youth a corruption-free government. We have given them an opportunity to fly high. And what did our Opposition do this time? They unsuccessfully tried to break the people’s confidence with this non-confidence motion,” the Prime Minister said.
Calling the Opposition’s approach like that of an ostrich, PM Modi said the abuse of the Opposition is like the ‘kala teeka’ in the country’s development.
“Suspicion is embedded in their blood and bones. When something nice happens, we put kala teeka. But the Opposition wears kala kapda and becomes the kala teeka for the country and brings mangal,” he said, adding that the Opposition has a big problem as “they cannot hear anything good about the country.”
Commenting on the earlier no-confidence motions and how the leader of the House spoke prominently in the debate, PM Modi said, “I don’t know what was the compulsion of Congress for sidelining Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury; maybe the call was made from Kolkata. The tallest leader in the Opposition did not rank in the list of speakers.”
“It was Amit Shah’s magnanimity that he promised time to Chowdhury. The Opposition could not prepare for debate on the no-confidence motion despite so much time in hand… Even its sympathisers are disappointed,” he said.
Further slamming the Opposition, the Prime Minister said, “Their favourite slogan is “Modi teri kabr khudegi. But for me, their abuse and unparliamentary words are like a tonic. Why do they do this? I believe the Opposition has a secret vardaan [boon]- anyone they speak against ends up flourishing. I am an example. They spoke against the banking sector. They got experts from outside. They spread rumours. The state banks’ profits doubled.”
“They made so many allegations. They said HAL [Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd] is finished. They took videos of HAL workers and scared them by saying HAL was going down. All they wanted was the downfall of HAL. They said the Life Insurance Corporation [LIC] is also over and that the money of the poor has been wasted. But today, LIC is becoming stronger and stronger,” he said.
He added, “The country was on the verge of bankruptcy in 1991. But after 2014, India secured a spot in the top five. The Congress may think it happened with the touch of a wand. But it happened through ‘reform, perform and extreme hard work.”