Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari warned that if political parties in parliament do not reach a consensus on the 26th constitutional amendment, he will push the amendment through parliament using a brute, or two-thirds majority.
Pakistan's ruling coalition has put on hold till Sunday, the proposed constitutional package, which was likely to be tabled in both houses of parliament on Saturday for "strategic reasons" coming from the hurdles in mustering up the two-thirds majority in both houses, Dawn reported.
Oli received 188 votes in the 275-member parliament, with 74 votes in opposition and one abstinent, the house speaker announced. On Sunday, a total of 263 lawmakers were present at the meeting. The prime minister required at least 138 votes to win the trust motion.
Amid Opposition claims that the BJP is seeking a two-thirds majority in Lok Sabha polls to alter the Constitution, the BJP's Maharashtra president Chandrashekhar Bawankule said that it is not possible for anyone to change the country's salient rule book.
Anantkumar Hegde on Saturday stirred a controversy by calling for voters to give a two-thirds majority to his party in the Lok Sabha to enable amendments to the Constitution and undo the "unnecessary laws introduced to subjugate the Hindu community".
Exuding confidence ahead of the upcoming polls in Rajasthan, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the BJP is set to form government in the state and the possibility of getting a two-thirds majority in a 200-member Assembly cannot be ruled out.
Speaking to the media in Ujjain, Vijayvargiya said, "I am going around the entire state. I say with certainty and seriousness that the BJP government is going to be formed with a two-thirds majority. It will not be a surprise if the BJP wins with a three-fourth majority. Congress has chea
Surya, who reached Chhattisgarh's capital to participate in a protest against an alleged irregularity in CGPSC, said "The CM is facing high anti-incumbency and I am cent per cent confident that BJP will form government in the state with a two-thirds majority. BJP, which honours the hopes and
Saulo was appointed after receiving the requisite two-thirds majority of votes from delegates at the quadrennial World Meteorological Congress, the top decision-making body of the 193-Member WMO, according to an official release.
Gujarat's former Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader on Tuesday forecasted the party's win in State Assembly elections by saying that BJP will form the government with more than two-thirds majority.