Centre faces no-trust push in Parliament today
March 19, 2018  07:49
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party, once the BJP's biggest ally in south, will pitch for a no-confidence motion against the government in Lok Sabha today. 

Naidu, who walked out of the NDA last week, sent a notice after his arch-rival Jagan Mohan Reddy of the YSR Congress, demanded a trust vote. 

Even if the TDP-YSR Congress motion is supported by other opposition parties, it does not endanger the government, which has numbers in the Lok Sabha. 

But the move will help the two south parties consolidate their position back home ahead of next year's assembly elections. 

A trust vote has to be backed by 50 members to be admitted. The TDP has 15 members and the YSR Congress eight. Together, they have 23  members in total, less than half the numbers required. The Left and Congress have already said it would support the motion.
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