Search For "no confidence motion"
Brexit: Opposition leader tables no-confidence motion against May
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 18 (ANI): Jeremy Corbyn, the Leader of the Opposition in the British Parliament has tabled a motion of no-confidence in British Prime Minister Theresa May for pushing back the date of the parliamentary vote on the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.
Read More
May not expecting a 'breakthrough' on Brexit at EU summit
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Dec 13 (ANI/Sputnik) - UK Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday that she was not expecting a "breakthrough" on the Brexit agreement at this week's EU summit in Brussels, adding that she would focus on the assurances over the "backstop" plan to avoid a manned Ir
Read More
Theresa May to face no-confidence motion on Wednesday
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Dec 12 (ANI/Sputnik) - UK Prime Minister Theresa May will face a vote of confidence in the parliament on Wednesday night after the 15-percent threshold necessary for the ballot has been exceeded amid the delay on the Brexit deal, according to a statement of the House of Comm
Read More
Sri Lanka: President Sirisena fails to meet deadline to end political cris
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 11(ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirirsena's deadline to find a solution to the ongoing political crisis in the island nation has ended on Tuesday.
Read More
Rajapaksa bribed parliamentarians to prove majority: President Sirisena
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 9(ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena here on Saturday said that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had tried to bribe politicians in order to show majority in the country's Parliament.
Read More
Need electronic voting in Parliament: Prez Sirisena
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Nov 19 (ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday said that the Parliament should go for a division by name or ectronic voting to resolve the ongoing political crisis in the island nation.
Read More
Sri Lanka: No-confidence motion against PM Rajapaksa passed
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 14 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Parliament on Wednesday passed a no-confidence motion against the government of the newly-sworn Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Read More
Lanka: Tamil National Alliance to support no-trust motion against Rajapaks
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 4 (ANI): The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), a political alliance in Sri Lanka that represents the country's Tamil minority, has decided to back the no-confidence motion brought by the United National Party against newly sworn-in Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Read More
Opposition's no-confidence motion was futile effort: Sitharaman
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 08 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the no-confidence motion against the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government was a futile effort by the opposition parties and they failed miserably in their approach.
Read More
Rahul began chipko movement by hugging PM Modi: Rajnath
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 11 (ANI): Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday took a jibe at Congress President Rahul Gandhi for hugging Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament, and said the former began a "chipko movement" during the no-confidence motion debate.
Read More
Our wives may divorce us if we hug Rahul: BJP MP
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): BJP MP from Jharkhand, Nishikant Dubey, has said his party members fear that hugging Congress president Rahul Gandhi might lead to divorce.
Read More
BJP MPs take two steps back when I meet them now: Rahul
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs take two steps back whenever he meets them now as they fear that he would hug them.
Read More