Now the Congress has added its weight and a national perspective with its own no-trust motion, which it says was decided after discussions with all the friendly parties. Mallikarjun Kharge, the leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, said the move was aimed at nailing the government's "lie" about the Opposition's alleged lack of interest in no-trust motions and raising issues the Centre wants to avoid. So we made our intent absolutely clear by moving our own no-confidence motion." "The Finance Bill can be taken up in the din but the no-trust motions (moved by the Desam and the YSR Congress) have been pending for so many days. "Now, with our own motion, we hope the government's lie that we are not serious will not get legitimacy.

Source: The Telegraph March 23, 2018 21:11 UTC