Trinamool bid to bring no-confidence motion flops in Lok Sabha

Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mamata-banerjee-fdi-in-retail-upa-allies-trinamool-opposition/1/230287.html An attempt by former UPA ally Trinamool Congress to bring a no-confidence motion against the government over FDI in retail failed on Thursday in the Lok Sabha for want of requisite numbers. Mamata Banerjee's party moved the motion as soon as Parliament met for the Winter Session but Speaker Meira Kumar disallowed it as it could not muster the required support of 50 members. The motion, first in the current Lok Sabha, was moved by Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party leader Sudip Bandopadhyay and was supported by BJD. However, it lacked the support of the required 50 members as only TMC's 18 members and BJD's three members supported. Moving the motion, Bandopadhyay said, "This House expresses want of confidence in the Council of Ministers over its decision to allow 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail as it is going to harm millions of small businesses." Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mamata-banerjee-fdi-in-retail-upa-allies-trinamool-opposition/1/230287.html