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Travesty to pass Bills when no-confidence motion is still pending, says Congress citing rules

Opposition bloc INDIA wants the no-confidence motion moved by it in Lok Sabha to be taken up at the earliest as under rules and conventions, no Legislative business can be transacted till such a motion is debated, the Congress said on Thursday (July 27).

It is a travesty to pass Bills when the no-confidence motion is still pending, it said.

A no-confidence motion by the Congress against the Narendra Modi government was admitted in Lok Sabha on Wednesday (July 17), setting the stage for a showdown between the Opposition and Treasury benches amid concerted efforts by the anti-BJP bloc to force Prime Minister Modi to speak on the contentious Manipur issue in Parliament.

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