NDA still has a comfortable majority in the current 539-member Lok Sabha, and the motion, if accepted, is likely to be defeated.
The BJP-led NDA, which faced the prospects of two no-confidence motions being taken up against it, said the ruling coalition was ready for any challenge and exuded confidence that the moves by TDP and YSRCP, if accepted, will be easily defeated.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said the whole country has full confidence in Modi as does the House. "The government has the numbers... We are ready to take up no-confidence motion, confidence motion or any other discussion on the floor of the House," he said.
"We have always told the Opposition, please cooperate in running the House to discuss banking irregularities and each and every issue, including confidence or no-confidence motion," Kumar said.
Asked about the Congress charge that the government was egging on parties like TRS and AIADMK to disrupt the House proceedings to avoid a no-confidence motion, Kumar said the Congress was suffering from selective amnesia.
"If you go through records in the past, the Speaker has rejected no-confidence motion when the House is not in order. Even before, that has been the practice. They have to correct their memory.
BJP, NDA and the Prime Minister have numbers in the House and confidence of people outside in the country."
TDP also ended its four-year alliance with NDA over its refusal to grant Andhra Pradesh a special category status. The Centre on its part said it has been waiting endlessly for a response from Andhra Pradesh to resolve the special package issue.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the Centre has always been willing to give a special package to Andhra Pradesh equivalent to a special category status. He also said the Centre had agreed to the mode suggested by the state for receiving special package funds but it did not come back with details
TDP has 16 MPs in the Lok Sabha, while YSRCP has nine. NDA still has a comfortable majority in the current 539-member Lok Sabha, and the motion, if accepted, is likely to be defeated.
BJP alone has the support of 274 MPs. Its 41 allies take the number to 315 — well above the current halfway mark of 270.
(with agency inputs)
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