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TRUST VOTE WON

Ayes : 275, Noes: 256, Abstentions:10

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Gangtok: The government lead by Dr Manmohan Singh Tuesday won the Trust vote polling 275 in favour vis-a-vis 256 against in a House of 540 with 9 abstentions. The government won by a margin of 19.
The voting was both automated and manual, to remove any chance of error. The Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi were immediately surrounded by a galaxy of members eager to extend their congratulations to them. A jubilant Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari said the government would now approach the IAEA and get the nuclear deal done.
Earlier, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh began his speech expressing “profound sadness” at the proceedings. He also promised that whoever was responsible in the bribery case would be dealt with, according to law of the land. But refusing to let the Prime Minister make the concluding speech before moving the confidence motion, the Opposition members reached the Well of the House chanting slogans. They demanded that the Prime Minister step down immediately taking responsibility for unfair means adopted to garner votes. The Prime Minister was then forced to submit his speech as a statement.
PM hits back at Advani
Though the PM was not able to give the concluding speech in the Parliament, drowned out by the opposition’s sloganeering, in his statement, he hit back at L K Advani for levelling charges of incompetence against him. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked the BJP leader to do some “introspection” over his role when Gujarat was burning and during the Kandahar hijack crisis.
Replying to the debate on the trust vote in the Lok Sabha, he also asked “our friends” in the Left Front to ponder over the company they were forced to keep because of the “miscalculations” by “their general secretary”, an apparent reference to CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat. The Prime Minister tabled his speech after he started to speak amid uproarious scenes and slogan shouting by the Opposition who demanded his resignation over the bribery issue.
“Before levelling charges of incompetence on others, Advani should do some introspection. Can our nation forgive a Home Minister who slept when the terrorists were knocking at the doors of our Parliament?” he asked.
Dr.Singh also wanted to know whether the nation can forgive a person who “single handedly provided the inspiration for the destruction of the Babri Masjid with all the terrible consequences that followed”.

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“Victory of democracy,” says Nepal President

Kathmandu: The newly elected president Dr. Ram Baran Yadav has said that his election as the head of the state marks the victory of democracy.
“This is the victory of democracy. This is the victory of all Nepalis people,” the president said, giving a short response to reporters after he emerged out of Baluwatar – where he went to meet with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Monday evening. “I want to thank all the members of the Constituent Assembly,” he said. The president also traveled to Pashupatinath temple in the evening. (nepalnews)

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Bookmakers knew it
STAFF REPORER
Gangtok: Indian bookmakers believed the UPA government will hold on to power in Tuesday’s confidence vote in parliament, media reports. They were offering a return of only 50 rupees on a 100 rupee stake on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government surviving. Defeat brings a profit of 175 rupees on the same stake.
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