India’s Modi to face no-confidence vote over Manipur violence
Al JazeeraNarendra Modi’s BJP has a clear majority in the lower house of parliament, so the vote is unlikely to affect the government’s stability. India’s parliament has authorised a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government by an alliance of opposition parties, to force the Hindu nationalist leader to address in detail concerns about ethnic clashes in a northeastern state. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party has a clear majority of 301 members in the 542-seat lower house of parliament, so the no-confidence vote will not affect its stability. Raghav Chadha of the Aam Aadmi Party, one of the members of the opposition coalition, said: “In India’s parliamentary history, critical instruments of debate, dialogue and discussion within parliament are exercised… regardless of the outcome”.