Kolkata: The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Sunday said it would vote in favour of the no-confidence motion against the Congress-led UPA government, provided the Trinamool Congress, which mooted the motion, manages the requisite numbers for its admittance.
However, Mamata’s move has not drawn a firm response from the BJP or Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M). Both the BJP and the CPI-M said that the issue was yet to be discussed by them.
BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Sunday said that the Trinamool Congress did not have enough numbers to bring a no-confidence motion to oust the Congress-led central government and that the party was yet to decide whether to support the move. He said Banerjee had spoken to BJP leader Sushma Swaraj to seek the party’s support for the move.
“What is the use of bringing the motion if it gets defeated. The Trinamool doesn’t have the numbers. Their leadership will have to decide how far they can go. All parties need to carefully chalk out the plan,” Joshi said here.
“Numbers are important. If the motion gets defeated, then the government will relax for the next six months as you cannot bring another no-confidence motion during that period. We need to plan well,” Joshi added.”If the Trinamool Congress manages to ensure the support of 50 MPs required to ensure that the motion is admitted, then we won’t be able to save this government,” CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta told mediapersons here.
Dasgupta said there was “nothing wrong” in Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee’s decision to bring the no-confidence motion against the United Progressive Alliance government, which he accused committed “injustices and crimes against the people”.
Banerjee on Saturday announced that her party would move the no-confidence motion on the first day of the winter session of Parliament on Nov 22, and appealed all parties, including the Left parties, to support the move. (IANS)