Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday hit out at the Opposition as they staged a walkout from the Lok Sabha during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reply to the motion of no confidence and said that their walkout exposed their design that they had nothing to do with Manipur. He also said that the Opposition just wanted to disrupt the Parliament. “Opposition demanded that PM Modi should speak on Manipur and when he started speaking they walked out. That completely exposed their design that the intention of the opposition was nothing to do with Manipur. They just wanted to disrupt the Parliament,” CM Sarma said.

The chief minister also praised PM Modi’s speech and said he spoke from his heart adding that he showed his affection for the people of Manipur. “PM Modi spoke from his heart. He also showed his affection for the people of Manipur. As a principal party, they should have listened to Prime Minister’s speech till the last,” CM Sarma said. As the Prime Minister was taking on the Opposition on several issues, the members of I.N.D.I.A bloc staged a walkout from the House, literally making the Opposition benches empty. However, the no-confidence motion was defeated in the Lok Sabha. The NDA defeated the no-confidence motion comfortably with a voice vote in the Lok Sabha.

Meanwhile, PM Modi on Thursday, while speaking on a no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha, assured for strictest punishment for the accused who indulged in crimes against women. Asserting that state and central government are working to restore peace in Manipur, the PM said that the government is taking steps to bring normalcy there. “Both the state and central governments are doing everything possible to ensure that the accused get the strictest punishment. I want to assure the people that peace will be restored in Manipur in the coming time,” PM Modi said while replying to the no-confidence motion against his government. “There are serious crimes against women and they are unforgivable,” he added. He further said the country is with the people of Manipur.

“I want to tell people of Manipur including women and daughters of Manipur that the country is with you,” he added.

The opposition moved a no-confidence motion against the Modi government on July 26 which was taken up by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. The three days of the motion witnessed a fierce battle between the ruling and the Opposition coalitions over the Manipur violence and other raging issues.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, whose parliamentary membership was restored on Monday, is likely to open the discussion on the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Manipur set to dominate the three-day debate commencing on Tuesday noon in the Lok Sabha on the opposition’s no-confidence motion. Meanwhile, INDIA party’s floor leaders meeting will be held at 10 am in the Parliament to chalk out the strategy for the floor of the house, important discussion on the no-confidence motion is to be taken up in Lok Sabha. The Narendra Modi-led NDA Government will face a no-confidence motion. The no-confidence motion was moved by the opposition parties of I.N.D.I.A bloc which was accepted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.

According to sources, a time of 12 hours has been fixed for the discussion. The ruling BJP will get around seven hours to partake in the discussion and around one hour 15 minutes has been allotted for the Congress party. YSRCP, Shiv Sena, JDU, BJD, BSP, BRS and LJP have been given a total of 2 hours, which has been divided according to the number of party’s MPs in the House. AÂ time limit of 1 hour 10 minutes has been allotted for other parties and independent MPs. The debate on the no-confidence motion against the BJP-led government is likely to take place on August 8 and 9 in the Lok Sabha and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to give a reply on August 10.

According to the listed legislative business of Rajya Sabha for the day, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is to move the Interservices Organisations (Command, Control and Discipline) Bill, 2023 in the Rajya Sabha for consideration and passage. The bill will move to the Upper House to empower the Commander-in-Chief or the Officer-in Command of Inter-services Organisations in respect of service personnel who are subject to the Air Force Act, 1950, the Army Act, 1950 and the Navy Act, 1957, who are serving under or attached to his command for the maintenance of discipline and proper discharge of their duties. The Bill was earlier passed by the Lok Sabha.

Meanwhile, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will also move the Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in the Rajya Sabha for consideration and passage to amend the Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017. The Bill was earlier passed by the Lok Sabha. Moreover, Ministry of Heavy Industries Krishan Pal, Ministry of Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, Ministry of Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shobha Karandlaje, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Kailash Choudhary, Ministry of Home Affairs Ajay Kumar and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Nisith Pramanik to lay the papers on the table. According to the revised list of business, Jasbir Singh Gill is to present the Seventh Report (Hindi and English versions) of the Committee on Empowerment of Women (2022-23) on the subject ‘Health Facilities for Tribal Women’.

The reports of standing committee on education, women, children, youth and sports, Dharambir Singh and Ratansinh Magansinh Rathod to to lay reports on 352nd report on action taken by the Government on the recommendations/observations contained in the 348th Report on ‘Demands for Grants 2023-24 of the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education’.

Meanwhile, Krishan Pal to make the following statements regarding the status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 311th Report of the Standing Committee on Industry on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations/observations contained in the 306th Report of the Committee on Demands for Grants (2021-2022) pertaining to the Ministry of Heavy Industries, the status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 316th Report of the Standing Committee on Industry on Demands for Grants (2022-2023) pertaining to the Ministry of Heavy Industries, the status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 319th Report of the Standing Committee on Industry on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations/ observations contained in the 316th Report of the Committee on Demands for Grants (2022-2023) pertaining to the Ministry of Heavy Industries, and the status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 321st Report of the Standing Committee on Industry on Demands for Grants (2023-2024) pertaining to the Ministry of Heavy Industries