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Friday, March 13, 2026
TopicMotion of no confidence

Topic: Motion of no confidence

Opposition submits notice to move a resolution for removal of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla

Congress MP Manickam Tagore wrote on X: 'The Oppn has placed its faith in constitutional propriety...After many years, an extraordinary step born out of extraordinary circumstances.'

Why Nayab Singh Saini govt is confident of sailing through Oppn’s floor test demand

Three Independents withdrew their support to the Saini-led BJP govt in Haryana last month, bringing its strength down to 43 in a House with an effective strength of 87.

Nitish-led NDA govt wins floor test in Bihar assembly after Opposition walks out

The JD(U) national president won the support of 129 MLAs in the 243-seat assembly, after the Opposition walked out of the House. The required number was 122.

Modi, SAD & the elusive Sikh vote — why Punjab remains an impregnable fortress for BJP

In his response to Opposition’s ‘Motion of No-Confidence’, PM Modi called Operation Blue Star an attack on Akal Takht. This is being viewed as another attempt to woo the Sikhs.

Our take on no-confidence motion, data protection bill, and Nuh violence — in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

‘Helped restore faith in democracy’ — Urdu press hails Rahul Gandhi’s return to Parliament

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

‘Congress overshadows Manipur’ & ‘flying kiss’ row

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Poverty of imagination’: Modi blasts Congress, INDIA bloc as govt defeats no-confidence motion

In his over 2-hour-long speech, Modi virtually set the tone for BJP's campaign for the 2024 LS polls. Motion was defeated by voice vote soon after opposition MPs exited from Lok Sabha.

‘Nirav Modi is in India’ — Congress’ Adhir likens PM to fugitive businessman in Lok Sabha

In speech on no-confidence motion, Adhir Ranjan Choudhury says Opposition was forced to resort to parliamentary tools to drag PM to the House, calls Modi 'blind king' & 'tyrant'.

Manipur in grip of ‘civil war’, govt drawing false equivalences with Oppn states, says Mahua Moitra

TMC MP says no-confidence motion against Modi govt was aimed at breaking 'code of silence' on Manipur, called violence in state 'biggest failure of double engine government'.

On Camera

Prada learnt its lesson. Where are ‘humara culture’ Indians on Ralph Lauren’s jhumka?

The problem, dear Ralph Lauren, is not your use of the jhumka, but your dismissal of its history. The list of stolen items is too vast to fight, but we haven't given up on acknowledgement.

Floundering PM Internship Scheme used less than 1% of Rs 10,831 crore set aside for it in FY25-26

The Standing Committee on Finance tabled its report on Demands for Grants (2026-27) in the Lok Sabha Thursday.

India-Bangladesh relations on track—After military intel chief’s visit, envoy goes to Army War College

In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.