The Hindu Business Line : BJP asks PM to seek vote of confidence in Parliament

NEW DELHI: Claiming that the UPA Government has been reduced to a minority, the BJP leader Mr L K Advani on Saturday demanded that Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh should immediately seek a vote of confidence in Parliament.

“The moment the Left parties withdraw support to the Government, it is incumbent on the Prime Minister to seek a vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha,” he told reporters here.

“As the UPA is now a minority ... the BJP demands that the government must immediately now call the Parliament into session and take it fully into confidence,” Mr Advani said at a joint press conference along with Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sa bha Mr Jaswant Singh.

Mr Advani accused the Congress of indulging in a trade-off with Samajwadi Party for the Government's survival. If the government fails to seek a confidence vote, the BJP will demand President Ms Pratibha Patil to direct the Prime Minister to do so, he sa id.

“The Government has been reduced to a charade .... It has lost moral legitimacy (to govern).... For survival, the Government seems ready to trade off anything,” the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate told the crowded press conference here. - PTI

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