TMC to support no-confidence motion in interest of opposition unity: Mamata

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Jul 18 2018 | 7:50 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the Trinamool Congress (TMC) was supporting the no-confidence motion against the BJP government at the Centre in the greater interest of the opposition unity.

The party has issued a a whip to its Lok Sabha MPs asking them to be present in the House on July 20 when the opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion would be taken up for discussion.

The people of the country will also express their no-confidence on the Narendra Modi government after a few months, Mamata told reporters.

"We are supporting the no-confidence motion in the greater interest and in the interest of the opposition unity," she said.

The TMC supremo siad, "They (BJP) have the numbers in the House but do not have it outside."

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First Published: Jul 18 2018 | 7:50 PM IST

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