'It's not numbers, will use no-confidence motion to expose govt's failures'

July 20, 2018 08:40

The Congress said that the 'no-confidence motion' was more than a show of numbers and it will use the occasion to "expose" the government's "failure".

Congress's senior spokesperson Anand Sharma said his party has the support of other opposition parties on the no-confidence motion which has been brought "to show the mirror to the government", highlight the various issues concerning the people of the country and ensure that the truth reaches them.

"It is not only a question of numbers. We will use the occasion to expose the government and raise various issues concerning the people of the country and tell the truth to the people.

"Our campaign is to expose them, tell the people the truth so that they are deposed for good when the general elections are there. So, this is the launch of a campaign which will eventually send them packing in 2019," he told reporters.

Sharma claimed that the opposition parties are together, except for those who were their allies.

"It is to show the mirror to the government," he said, when asked as to what did the Congress want to achieve through the 'no-confidence motion' when the numbers were in favour of the government.

The Congress has been allotted 38 minutes out of the seven hours allocated for the debate. Party president Rahul Gandhi, and leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Jyotiraditya Scindia will speak on the motion.

-- PTI

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