Harish Rawat Govt in Uttarakhand Survives No-Trust Vote Tuesday Feb 18,2014

The Harish Rawat led Congress Govt in Uttarakhand on Tuesday Feb 18,2014 survived the opposition sponsored no-trust motion as it was defeated on the floor of the House.

After holding a marathon six-hour debate on the no-confidence motion moved by the leader of Opposition Ajay Bhatt, Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal put it to secret voting with only the members present in the House in which 40-members voted against the motion and 29 voted for it.

The 30-member BJP did not have one legislator’s vote with Rudrapur MLA Rajkumar Thukral absconding with an NBW issued against him in a riot case.

 Political Parties Strength in the 70-member state Assembly

• Congress has 33 MLAs
• has the support of 3 BSP members, 3 Independents and one UKD member
• BJP has 30 MLA's

Replying to the debate on the motion, Chief Minister Harish Rawat questioned its justification saying in parliamentary democracy, a no-trust motion is the ultimate weapon for the opposition which should be used only if necessary.“I fail to understand where we went wrong, what mistake did I or my government commit in just over a fortnight which should make the opposition party bring a no-confidence motion against us?”