UPA and supporters: 268 MPs for the government NDA and others: 263 MPs against the government Undecided: 11 MPs Non-voting: 1 MP
Votingedit
In the 543 member Lok Sabha, the UPA needed 272 votes for the government to enjoy a simple majority.[3] The UPA won the confidence vote with 275 votes to the opposition's 256, (10 members abstained from the vote) to record a 19-vote victory.[4][5][6][7]
Abstentionsedit
Ten members abstained from the voting despite some of them having received strict contrary instructions from their parties.[8][9] Among the 10, 2 MPs followed their party decision of abstaining so as to not be seen as supporting the UPA or the BJP, Left led opposition. Those two were:
Three BJP MPs – Ashok Argal (Morena), Faggan Singh Kulaste (Mandla) and Mahavir Bhagora (Salumber) amidst discussion walked towards the Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and placed two brown and black leather bags on a table. They pulled out bundles of ₹1,000 (US$13) and alleged that Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh had tried to offer them bribe to vote in favour of the government.[12] The BJP MP Kulaste, alleged that Amar Singh and Congress leader Ahmed Patel, an aide to Sonia Gandhi tried to offer bribe of ₹90 million (US$1.1 million) to remain absent from the confidence vote. Amar Singh denied the charges.[12] Speaker Somnath Chatterjee asked the police chief of New Delhi to investigate the bribery issue.[13] Indian news channel CNN IBN which carried out the sting operation by recording using hidden cameras agreed to share the material with Indian authorities.[14] A joint parliamentary committee formed to investigate the issue submitted its report to the Lok Sabha on 15 December 2008, after finding no evidence for bribery against the MPs Amar Singh and Ahmad Patel, thereby exonerating them.[15]
Expulsionsedit
As a result of not obeying the instructions issued by their political parties, many MPs were expelled as an aftermath of the vote.
The Bhartiya Janata Party expelled all its eight members who defied party guidelines by cross voting and abstentions during the vote of confidence. The leader of the party L. K. Advani also said that 22 July should go down as a black day in parliament history.[16]
The Telugu Desam Party has reported that disciplinary action against two of its MPs, D. K. Adikesavulu Naidu and M. Jagannadham, would be taken as they voted in support of UPA government,[17] though there were reports of abstention by Adikeshavalu Naidu.[8]
The Biju Janata Dal expelled its MP, Harihara Swain for voting in favour of government.[18]
The Shiromani Akali Dal has asked for an explanation from its MP who abstained from voting.[18]
Animal sacrificeedit
It was reported that the Samajwadi Party MLA from Lanji Kishore Samrite sacrificed 319 animals – 302 goats, 17 buffaloes – in a 10-day-long yajna for appeasing the Goddess Kamakhya in order for UPA to win the trust vote. Samrite also offered another 'yajna' at Ugratara temple in the city and sacrificed two buffalos there.[19] He spent about 17 lakh on the yajna, and self-confessed to have done it before several times, in distress.
External links to speechesedit
Referencesedit
^"Indian government survives vote". BBC. 22 July 2008. from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
^. The Hindu. Chennai, India. 12 July 2008. Archived from the original on 19 May 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
^Lok Sabha Members 31 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine Lok Sabha
^Sengupta, Somini (23 July 2007). "Indian Government Survives Confidence Vote". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
^Post trust vote victory, India Govt. to move forward with reforms, nuclear deal 21 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine International Business times
^ abAbstentions and cross-voting...[dead link] Hindustan Times
^Gupta, Surojit (23 July 2008). "Government wins confidence vote". Reuters. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
^Agony and ecstasy for Amar, all in one day Hindustan Times
^ ab21 MPs cross-voted during Parliament trust motion Economic Times
^ ab"SINGH IS KING: UPA WINS TRUST VOTE". CNN IBN. 22 July 2008. from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
^Indian PM celebrates vote win, says millions will benefit 20 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine AFP
^. The Hindu. Chennai, India. 23 July 2008. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
^Parl panel exonerates Amar Singh in cash-for-votes scam. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
^. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
^. The Times of India. 23 July 2008. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
^ ab. Sify. 23 July 2008. Archived from the original on 27 July 2008. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
^"319 animals killed for UPA survival. Divinity?". from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
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2008, vote, confidence, manmohan, singh, ministry, united, progressive, alliance, governing, alliance, india, elected, 2004, faced, first, confidence, vote, sabha, lower, house, parliament, july, 2008, after, communist, party, india, marxist, left, front, with. The United Progressive Alliance UPA the governing alliance in India elected in 2004 faced its first confidence vote in the Lok Sabha the lower house of Parliament on 22 July 2008 after the Communist Party of India Marxist led Left Front withdrew support over India approaching the IAEA for the Indo US nuclear deal The vote was so crucial that the UPA and the opposition parties summoned MPs from their sick beds and even from prison cells to take part in the vote which was eventually won by the Government 1 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Contents 1 Before the vote 2 Voting 3 Abstentions 4 Cross voting 5 Allegations of bribery 6 Expulsions 7 Animal sacrifice 8 External links to speeches 9 ReferencesBefore the vote editThe following list indicates the official position of the political parties before the voting 2 Votes for the Government Votes against the Government UndecidedUnited Progressive Alliance 226 Indian National Congress 153 Rashtriya Janata Dal 24 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 16 Nationalist Congress Party 11 Pattali Makkal Katchi 6 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 5 Lok Jan Shakti Party 4 Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Breakaway 2 All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen 1 People s Democratic Party 1 Republican Party of India 1 Sikkim Democratic Front 1 Indian Union Muslim League 1 Others 42 Samajwadi Party 37 Independent 3 Bharatiya Navshakti Party 1 National Loktantrik Party 1 National Democratic Alliance 169 Bharatiya Janata Party 130 Shiv Sena 12 Biju Janata Dal 11 Janata Dal United 8 Shiromani Akali Dal 8 Left Front 59 Communist Party of India Marxist 43 Communist Party of India 10 All India Forward Bloc 3 Revolutionary Socialist Party 3 Left Backed MPs 3 Kerala Congress 2 Janata Dal Secular 1 Independent 1 UNPA 8 Telugu Desam Party 5 Asom Gana Parishad 2 Independent 1 Others 24 Bahujan Samaj Party 17 Samajwadi Party Breakaway 2 Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2 Telangana Rashtra Samithi 3 Undecided 11 Mizo National Front 1 Nagaland People s Front 1 All India Trinamool Congress 1 Rashtriya Lok Dal 3 Janata Dal Secular 2 Independent 1 Jammu amp Kashmir National Conference 2 UPA and supporters 268 MPs for the government NDA and others 263 MPs against the government Undecided 11 MPs Non voting 1 MPVoting editIn the 543 member Lok Sabha the UPA needed 272 votes for the government to enjoy a simple majority 3 The UPA won the confidence vote with 275 votes to the opposition s 256 10 members abstained from the vote to record a 19 vote victory 4 5 6 7 Abstentions editTen members abstained from the voting despite some of them having received strict contrary instructions from their parties 8 9 Among the 10 2 MPs followed their party decision of abstaining so as to not be seen as supporting the UPA or the BJP Left led opposition Those two were Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee and Mizo National Front Vanlalzawma The other eight members who abstained defied their party stand These eight were Bhartiya Janata Party Chandrabhan Singh Manorama Madhavaraj Kishan Lal Diler and Bahubhai Katara Shiromani Akali Dal Sukhdev Singh Libra Janata Dal United P P Koya Shiv Sena Tukaram Ganpatrao Renge Patil Telugu Desam Party D K AudikesavuluCross voting editThe seven members of the UPA who cross voted against the government were Samajwadi Party Chaudhary Munawwar Hasan S P Singh Baghel Rajnarayan Budholia Jaiprakash Rawat Ateeq Ahmed and Afzal Ansari 10 Indian National Congress Kuldeep Bishnoi 11 Conversely there were at least four members of the opposition who cross voted in favour of the government proposal These 4 were 11 Bhartiya Janata Party Hari Singh Rathod and H T Sangliana Biju Janata Dal Hari Har Swain Janata Dal United Ramswaroop PrasadAllegations of bribery editMain article Notes for Vote scandal Three BJP MPs Ashok Argal Morena Faggan Singh Kulaste Mandla and Mahavir Bhagora Salumber amidst discussion walked towards the Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and placed two brown and black leather bags on a table They pulled out bundles of 1 000 US 13 and alleged that Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh had tried to offer them bribe to vote in favour of the government 12 The BJP MP Kulaste alleged that Amar Singh and Congress leader Ahmed Patel an aide to Sonia Gandhi tried to offer bribe of 90 million US 1 1 million to remain absent from the confidence vote Amar Singh denied the charges 12 Speaker Somnath Chatterjee asked the police chief of New Delhi to investigate the bribery issue 13 Indian news channel CNN IBN which carried out the sting operation by recording using hidden cameras agreed to share the material with Indian authorities 14 A joint parliamentary committee formed to investigate the issue submitted its report to the Lok Sabha on 15 December 2008 after finding no evidence for bribery against the MPs Amar Singh and Ahmad Patel thereby exonerating them 15 Expulsions editAs a result of not obeying the instructions issued by their political parties many MPs were expelled as an aftermath of the vote The speaker of the house Somnath Chatterjee of the Communist Party of India Marxist was expelled from his party on 23 July 2008 The Bhartiya Janata Party expelled all its eight members who defied party guidelines by cross voting and abstentions during the vote of confidence The leader of the party L K Advani also said that 22 July should go down as a black day in parliament history 16 The Telugu Desam Party has reported that disciplinary action against two of its MPs D K Adikesavulu Naidu and M Jagannadham would be taken as they voted in support of UPA government 17 though there were reports of abstention by Adikeshavalu Naidu 8 The Biju Janata Dal expelled its MP Harihara Swain for voting in favour of government 18 The Shiromani Akali Dal has asked for an explanation from its MP who abstained from voting 18 Animal sacrifice editIt was reported that the Samajwadi Party MLA from Lanji Kishore Samrite sacrificed 319 animals 302 goats 17 buffaloes in a 10 day long yajna for appeasing the Goddess Kamakhya in order for UPA to win the trust vote Samrite also offered another yajna at Ugratara temple in the city and sacrificed two buffalos there 19 He spent about 17 lakh on the yajna and self confessed to have done it before several times in distress External links to speeches editDr Manmohan Singh s speech P Chidambaram s speechReferences edit Indian government survives vote BBC 22 July 2008 Archived from the original on 23 July 2008 Retrieved 22 July 2008 National Small parties independents in great demand The Hindu Chennai India 12 July 2008 Archived from the original on 19 May 2009 Retrieved 3 May 2009 Lok Sabha Members Archived 31 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine Lok Sabha Sengupta Somini 23 July 2007 Indian Government Survives Confidence Vote The New York Times Retrieved 22 April 2010 Indian gov t wins trust vote in parliament Xinhua 275 not out permanent dead link Kashmir Times Post trust vote victory India Govt to move forward with reforms nuclear deal Archived 21 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine International Business times a b Abstentions and cross voting dead link Hindustan Times Gupta Surojit 23 July 2008 Government wins confidence vote Reuters Retrieved 5 December 2011 Agony and ecstasy for Amar all in one day Hindustan Times a b 21 MPs cross voted during Parliament trust motion Economic Times a b SINGH IS KING UPA WINS TRUST VOTE CNN IBN 22 July 2008 Archived from the original on 25 July 2008 Retrieved 22 July 2008 Indian PM celebrates vote win says millions will benefit Archived 20 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine AFP CNN IBN ready to submit sting material to Speaker The Hindu Chennai India 23 July 2008 Archived from the original on 25 July 2008 Retrieved 4 August 2010 Parl panel exonerates Amar Singh in cash for votes scam Retrieved 16 September 2010 BJP expels all rebel MPs who voted for UPA Archived from the original on 15 October 2012 Retrieved 10 June 2011 TDP to take action against MPs who voted for UPA The Times of India 23 July 2008 Archived from the original on 21 October 2012 Retrieved 23 July 2008 a b BJD SAD cross voters face expulsion Sify 23 July 2008 Archived from the original on 27 July 2008 Retrieved 22 July 2008 319 animals killed for UPA survival Divinity Archived from the original on 1 August 2008 Retrieved 29 July 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 vote of confidence in the Manmohan Singh ministry amp oldid 1207652054, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
