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Monsoon Session of Parliament 2018 live updates

Lok Sabha proceedings begin on stormy note

Ready for debate on any issue: PM Modi

(With inputs from agencies)

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Wednesday accepted a no-confidence motion moved by TDP's Kesineni Srinivas against the NDA government.The Speaker notified that the discussion on no-confidence motion will take place on Friday.The Speaker named all opposition members who had moved similar no-confidence motions and said TDP's Kesineni Srinivas would move his motion as his name had come up in the lottery.The member of the TDP, which had quit the ruling NDA coalition in March protesting against the government not giving a special package to Andhra Pradesh, moved the motion during Zero Hour which was admitted by the Speaker.Parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar said the government was ready to face the no-confidence motion and win it as it enjoyed a two-third majority in the House.The TDP members had also moved a no-confidence motion during the Budget session of Parliament.But it was rejected by the Speaker on the ground that the House was not in order as there were continuous protests in the Well by different political parties on various issues.Earlier, Lok Sabha proceedings began on a stormy note on the first day of the Monsoon Session, with members from the TDP and the SP trooping into the Well as they sought to raise various issues.As soon as Speaker Sumitra Mahajan took up the Question Hour, members from opposition parties, including the Congress wanted to raise various issues, creating a din.An assertive Mahajan told members that issues can be discussed after the Question Hour. "I won't allow...," she said even as many members continued to raise slogans.Members from the TDP, a former ally of the ruling NDA government, trooped into the Well with placards and shouted slogans. The members were heard saying, "we want justice" as they demanded special status for Andhra Pradesh.Some members from the SP were also in the Well as they sought to raise various issues but could not be heard in the din.Standing at their places, many Congress members were also trying to raise certain issues.Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted members before the proceedings began in the Lower House.Clad in a white kurta and pyjama, Modi took a round of the front rows of ruling and opposition benches. He greeted members with folded hands and was also seen exchanging a few words with Samajwadi Party patriach Mulayam Singh Yadav. Some members clapped when the prime minister walked into the House.Calling for extensive discussion in Parliament's Monsoon session, PM Modi asserted that his government was ready for debate on any issue raised by political parties."Any party wants to raise any issue, this government is ready for a discussion," he told reporters just before the beginning of the session.UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi, among others, were present in the Lok Sabha.Before the Question Hour commenced, four new members took oath and Mahajan read out obituaries of three former members.