Congress moves no-confidence motion against BJP-JJP govt in Haryana Assembly

The Congress on Wednesday moved a no-confidence motion against the BJP-JJP government in the Haryana Assembly. Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda moved the no-confidence motion in the Assembly; saying, "More than 250 farmers died on the border. I presented their names but I didn't find it in the newspaper."

Claiming that "voices of dissent" are being heard among the MLAs supporting the government, Congress had last month decided to bring the motion against the state government in the Budget session of the Assembly that began on March 5.

The BJP-JJP coalition government enjoys a comfortable majority in the 90-member Assembly, which currently has an effective strength of 88 MLAs. Recently, the Kalka seat was declared vacant after the disqualification of a Congress legislator following his conviction by a court in Himachal Pradesh in a decade-old case. The Ellenabad seat, which was represented by the INLD's lone legislator Abhay Singh Chautala, also fell vacant after his resignation over the farmers' issue.