Haryana Floor Test: Congress' no-confidence motion against BJP-JJP government defeated in Assembly

A no-confidence motion moved against the BJP-JJP government by the Opposition Congress was defeated in the Haryana Assembly on Wednesday (March 10). A total of 55 MLAs supported the government while 32 voted against the ruling dispensation in the state.

Haryana Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday moved a no-confidence motion in the state Assembly against Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khatter-led government. In the assembly, Hooda commented on the ongoing farmers` protests and said: "More than 250 farmers died on the border."Responding to Hooda, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said: "The leader of the opposition, BS Hooda agreed that they introduced contract farming in 2014 which exhibits their double standards and we will respond to that in the Assembly."

"We know that we will not win the confidence of the Opposition but we will take this opportunity to win the confidence of the masses", said Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had in the assembly earlier while replying to the no-confidence motion.Reciting a couplet by poet Bashir Badr, Khattar had said, "Mukhalfat se meri shaksiyat sawarti hai, main dusmano ka bada aitram karta hun (Criticism makes my personality shine, I respect my enemies a lot)."Earlier in the day, Haryana Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda moved a no-confidence motion in the state assembly against the state government.The 90 membered Haryana assembly currently has 88 members. The ruling alliance needed 45 votes to stay in power.

(With ANI inputs)