Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee slams "saviours of government" after rejection of no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha.

In Parliament today, Trinamool Congress's attempt to bring a no-confidence motion against the government over FDI in retail failed today in the Lok Sabha for want of requisite numbers. Mamata Banerjee's party moved the motion as soon as Parliament met for the Winter Session, but Speaker Meira Kumar disallowed it as it could not muster the required support of 50 members.

The motion, first in the current Lok Sabha, was moved by Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party leader Sudip Bandopadhyay and was supported by BJD. However, it lacked the support of the required 50 members as only TMC's 18 members and BJD's three members supported.