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Highlights of final day of no-confidence debate: Prime Minister Narendra Modi mocks Opposition, asks 'why don't you come prepared?'

While all eyes will naturally be on the PM, who is expected to take the floor around 4pm, among the others scheduled to speak are Nirmala Sitharaman (BJP), Shashi Tharoor and Adhir Chowdhury (Congress), Mohua Mitra (Trinamul)

Our Web Desk Published 10.08.23, 10:55 AM

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  • No-confidence motion defeated in Lok Sabha, rules Speaker
  • I compliment the Opposition for listening to me and bringing no-confidence motion in 2023 but they did so without any preparation: PM
  • North East must appear far to us, but the way South East Asia is developing, that day is not far when North East India will become a centre point soon: PM
  • Northeast is part of our heart: PM
  • Congress have murdered trust of people of northeast, wounds of that keep appearing from time to time: PM
  • On 5th March, 1956, Congress carried out attacks through Air Force on the innocent people of Mizoram. The state still cannot forget that pain: PM
  • Efforts are underway by Centre, state government to punish the accused in Manipur. I want to assure the people of the country that there will be peace in Manipur in the near future: PM
  • The Opposition wants to do politics on Manipur. They didn't agree a debate on Manipur: PM
  • Amit Shah busted Opposition lies on Manipur: PM
  • This is not INDIA alliance, this is 'ghamandiya' alliance and everyone wants to become the broom in its procession. Everyone wants to become the prime minister: PM
  • PM Modi attacks Congress's 'Loot ki Dukan'
  • Cong likes 'parivarvaad', 'darbarvaad'; darbar system snatched rights of stalwarts like B R Ambedkar, Jagjivan Ram, Chandra Shekhar: PM
  • Congress unable to accept a poor man (like me) as PM: Modi
  • PM's jibe at I.N.D.I.A: Plaster on old building, new paint on old, failed machine
  • Congress takes pride in amplifying false propaganda of any global survey tarnishing India's image: PM
  • Time and again, people have declared 'no-confidence' in Congress: Modi
  • Tamil Nadu, Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar said cong no confidence: PM
  • PM Modi lashes out at Congress, says it is out of power in many states
  • My tip to those interested in stock market - invest in govt companies and your money will grow: Modi
  • Congress believed in Pakistan, not in Kashmiris: Modi
  • Congress has never believed in India's abilities: Modi
  • Few days back, I had said that India will become world's third largest economy in our government's third term. A responsible Opposition would have asked our plan for it, or would have given us some suggestions. However, they say that this would eventually happen without any efforts: PM
  • In our third term, India will be third largest economy: Modi
  • Opposition spread misgivings about LIC, but the insurance firm also touching new heights: PM
  • Opposition has 'ostrich-like approach', I thank its leaders for wearing black in House as I see that as 'kaala teeka': PM
  • The Opposition had said banking sector will collapse. They made foreign experts say this. They spread lies about banks. Our public sector banks' net profit doubled: Modi
  • The Opposition has a secret blessing, if they want anyone to fail, that person would succeed: Modi
  • I convert abuses, unparliamentary language hurled at me by Opposition into tonic: PM
  • Opposition maligned HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd) misled its employees: Modi
  • The more Opposition attacks me, the more I succeed: Modi
  • Unicef praised Swatch Bharat mission: Modi
  • WHO has praised Jal Jeevan Mission: PM
  • IMF has praised our work on poverty alleviation: Modi
  • PM Modi mocks Opposition, asks 'why don't you come prepared?'
  • It is an opportunity to realise the dreams of all Indians: Modi
  • Today's actions will lay foundation for 1000 years: Modi
  • Phone call from Bengal sidelined Adhir Chowdhury: Modi
  • My sympathies with Adhir Chowdhury, says Modi, adding that the Congress Party did not spare time for him to speak in the House
  • PM Modi took a jibe at Leader of Opposition Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury saying that the Opposition did not let him lead
  • Country watching you, but every time you have disappointed it: PM to Opposition
  • Centuries being scored here (treasury benches) and no-balls being bowled from there (opposition benches): Modi
  • Opposition set fielding, but Govt side hit sixes: Modi
  • There was need for discussion on important bills aimed at welfare of people, but opposition was interested in politicking: PM
  • You are not bothered about nation's youth or future, you are bothered about your future: Modi
  • For opposition, party is above country; they have more interest in hunger for power than hunger of people: PM
  • NDA and BJP will break all poll records: PM
  • In 2018, I had said that no-confidence motion is not a floor test for us: PM Modi replies to no-confidence motion
  • No-confidence motion is lucky for us: PM
  • It's God's blessing that Opposition brought no-confidence motion: Modi
  • Like the last time, this no-confidence motion is about the Opposition not us: PM
  • People have repeatedly shown confidence in us: PM Modi
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi rises to reply to Opposition in Lok Sabha
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  • In our third term, India will be third largest economy: Modi
  • In our third term, India will be third largest economy: Modi
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak in Lok Sabha shortly
  • Rajdeep Roy (BJP) rises to speak against the no-confidence motion
  • Badruddin Ajmal (AIUDF) rises to speak
  • Giridhari Yadav (JDU) rises to speak in support of the no-confidence motion
  • Sanjay Kumar Bandi (BJP) rises to speak against the no-confidence motion
  • Dr DNV Senthilkumar S (DMK) rises to speak in support of the no-confidence motion
  • Kotha Prabhakar Reddy (BRS) rises to speak
  • Vijay Goyal (BJP) rises to speak against the no-confidence motion
  • Thomas Chazhikadan (Kerala Congress) rises to speak in support of no-confidence motion
  • I was in Beijing during 2008 Olympics. We were informed that Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are coming to meet us. However, no such meeting took place. They had in fact come to meet Communist Party of China. They ran the government through a remote control: Rathore
  • Congress is responsible for the violence that took place in Manipur over the last 40 years. They are also responsible for the violence in Kashmir and the militancy in Punjab: Rathore
  • Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (BJP) rises to speak
  • I am neither for nor against the no-confidence motion, but I request all MPs to work towards peace in Manipur: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania
  • Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania (Independent) rises to speak
  • Vijay Kumar Hansdak (JMM) rises to speak
  • During the 56-year rule of Congress, only 7.5 lakh hectare land was irrigated whereas, in last 20 years, 45 lakh hectare of land has been irrigated: Scindia
  • Under UPA northeast known as 7 neglected sisters: Scindia
  • PM Modi converted hopelessness to hope: Scindia
  • Opposition trying to use Manipur violence as a launchpad of its personal ambitions: Scindia
  • Opposition has no confidence in its own no-confidence motion: Scindia
  • Opposition no-trust motion is not about Manipur at all, it is the Opposition's attempt to play politics: Scindia
  • Jyotiraditya Scindia (BJP) rises to speak
  • Ruckus in Lok Sabha over Adhir Chowdhury's comment on PM, Speaker agrees to expunge Cong leaders' statements
  • Jab Dhritrashtra andhe the, tab Droupadi ka vastra haran hua tha, aaj bhi raja andhe baithe hai... Manipur aur Hastinapur mein koi farq nahi hai: Adhir
  • We only care about the people of India: Adhir
  • This is the demand of the people of Manipur: Adhir
  • Prime Minister should have visited Manipur with message of peace: Adhir
  • Quit India must happen - communalisation quit India, polarisation quit India, saffronisation quit India: Adhir
  • Quit India is right, communalism should Quit India: Adhir
  • There should be a Quit India Movement: Adhir
  • Power of no-confidence motion such that we brought PM Modi here: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury as Modi enters Lok Sabha
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in the Lok Sabha
  • Adhir Chowdhury (Congress) rises to speak for the no-confidence motion
  • Locket Chatterjee: The people who committed atrocities against women after the West Bengal Panchayat polls talk about democracy...59 party workers died in this year's Panchayat polls. Since West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has been in power there have been atrocities against women in the state. To create their image, they are asking why is PM Modi silent on the Manipur issue...The opposition is silent on the Rajasthan, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh incidents & are talking about Manipur...
  • Locket Chatterjee (BJP) rises to speak
  • This (Manipur crisis) should be a collective responsibility, not selective responsibility. If such an incident happens with any mother or daughter in any part of the country, then it is unforgivable and condemnable. The way Home Minister made an appeal (for peace in Manipur), we will have to get together: Chirag Paswan
  • This debate has been going on for the last three days. Blame game (on Manipur) is being done, but no one tried to suggest any solution. Yesterday, Union Home minister put forth things in detail. Manipur witnessed similar situation in the 90s, whose government was there then?: Chirag Paswan
  • Chirag Paswan (LJSP) rises to speak
  • Dr Amol Ramsing Kolhe (NCP) rises to speak
  • This is an institutional attack on the minorities of the country: Hibi Eden
  • Hibi Eden (INC) rises to speak
  • Rahul Ramesh Shewale (SS, Maharashtra) rises to speak
  • One crony capitalist is not going to make a monkey of our regulators: Mahua Moitra
  • I beg the PM to change the administration in Manipur: Mahua Moitra
  • Manipur is a tacitly approved hate crime: Mahua Moitra
  • Two communities of Manipur have been pitted against each other: Mahua Moitra
  • Manipur issue is mired in silence and the government's whataboutery: Mahua Moitra
  • This motion is not meant to succeed in this house: Mahua Moitra
  • This motion is to resurrect the lost ideals of India: Mahua Moitra
  • Mahua Moitra (Trinamul) rises to speak
  • During general elections all these parties in the Opposition fight against each other, call each other names. But now for narrow, personal gains they have joined hands: Prince Raj
  • Prince Raj (LJSP) rises to speak against the no-confidence motion
  • Owaisi: I want to ask the PM who is bigger, our nation or Hindutva?
  • Uniform Civil Code formula is a dictatorial formula: Owaisi
  • This is a country of high inflation, high unemployment: Owaisi
  • Is Bilkis Bano a daughter of this country or not? How did you free the convicts accused of raping her? asks Owaisi
  • There is an atmosphere of hate against Muslims of the country: Owaisi
  • Asaduddin Owaisi (AIMIM) rises to speak
  • Rajashree Mallick (BJD) rises to speak
  • Accusing Nirmala Sitharaman of misleading Lok Sabha, MPs from Congress, DMK, TMC and Left parties stage walkout from House
  • Govt launched a host of measures for the banking sector: Sitharaman
  • PM Modi plugged welfare scheme leakages: Sitharaman
  • 'Garibi hatao' was just a slogan for six decades: Nirmala Sitharaman
  • UPA wasted a whole decade, every crisis changed to reform now: Sitharaman
  • There is a transformation our governance with PM Modi improving policies majorly: Sitharaman
  • India's economy improved despite Covid pandemic: Sitharaman
  • India's economy upgraded as world economy reels: Sitharaman
  • Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman rises to speak
  • Lok Sabha reconvenes
  • Lok Sabha adjourned till noon amid sloganeering by Opposition MPs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address Parliament on Thursday, marking the finale of the three-day debate on the no-confidence against his government that has seen acrimonious exchanges between the Opposition INDIA bloc and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on the floor of the Lok Sabha.

While all eyes will naturally be on the Prime Minister, who is expected to take the floor after 4pm, among the others scheduled to speak for the BJP are Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal, Arjun Kumar Meghwal and Prahlad Joshi.

For the Opposition, among those likely to speak are Shashi Tharoor and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of the Congress; Mohua Mitra of the Trinamul Congress; Priyanka Chaturvedi of the Shiv Sena (UBT).

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has confirmed that the Prime Minister will be present in the Lok Sabha on Thursday to reply to the no-confidence motion. The Opposition had been demanding the Prime Minister speak on the Manipur issue in the Parliament.

Addressing the House on Wednesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi questioned why the Prime Minister had not visited Manipur yet. "The Prime Minister has not gone to Manipur because he doesn't consider it a part of India. You (BJP) have divided Manipur," he said amid loud protests from the treasury benches.

As the BJP members, including ministers, created an uproar, recalling the “atrocities” in the Northeast during Congress rule, Rahul hit back: “Aapke Pradhan Mantri Manipur nahin ja sakte. Aapne Bharat Mata ki hatya Manipur mein ki. Aapne Manipiur ke logo ko maar kar Bharat ki hatya ki hai. Meri ek Ma yahan baithi hai. Dusri Ma ko inhone Manipur mein mara hai (Your Prime Minister cannot go to Manipur. You have killed Bharat Mata in Manipur. By killing the people of Manipur, you have killed Bharat. My one mother is sitting here. My other mother was killed in Manipur).”

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in a marathon two-hour speech, came out swinging with a strong defence of the BJP government’s actions in Manipur and gave a detailed account of how the crisis had built up and what the government had done to bring the situation under control.

Shah also turned his guns on the opposition and the no-confidence motion, saying: “The violence in Manipur is shameful. But what is more shameful is doing politics over it.”

The Home Minister began his speech by outlining in minute detail the government’s overall achievements in the last nine years before finally turning to the northeast and Manipur one hour and 14 minutes after he had begun speaking.

Shah pointed to the fact that the government has been working hard to stifle the violence in Manipur and that it had taken action almost immediately after the video of the naked women being assaulted by a mob had become public. He also insisted it was highly suspicious that the video which had been made in May had become public only one day before parliament’s monsoon session was scheduled to begin.

Listing the government’s actions, Shah pointed to the fact that 36,000 army personnel had been positioned in different parts of the state and that he had spent three days there. In addition, Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai had been stationed in Manipur for over 20 days.

Shah insisted that the government had acted firmly to quell the violence and that 14,898 people from all tribes had been arrested for creating trouble since May 3. Also, he insisted that the falling death toll indicated that the violence had not stopped but it had come down sharply. According to Home Ministry figures, in May 107 people died in clashes with rival tribes or the police. Shah said this fell to 30 in June and 15 in July. Shah added that out of the 107 people killed in May, 68 died in the first three days after the clashes began. Said Shah: ”What I want to say here is that violence is reducing gradually and we should not add oil to the fire.”

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