When NDA’s first PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee lost no-confidence motion by 1 vote
In Indian politics , three Prime Ministers have faced and lost no-confidence motion -- the most interesting case being that of BJP’s iconic leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee whose government fell for the want of just a single vote.
Vajpayee for several decades was praised as “the best prime minister India never had”. But that changed on May 16, 1996 when he took oath as the prime minister, only to resign 13 days later after he failed to get the majority on the floor of the House.
However, Vajpayee in his hour-long reply to the House during the no-confidence motion accused the Congress of resorting to ‘’sinister’’ moves to remove his government.
Tearing into the opposition, Vajpayee said, “the House which has many single-member parties which are grouping together to remove the BJP.”
“The BJP isn’t a party that has cropped up like a mushroom, it has worked for 40 years among the masses to make its place,” the BJP veteran said, adding that even in the opposition they will continue to play critical role in nation-building.
The opposition lawmakers, stunned by the usually calm Vajpyee’s unusual aggression, sat silently through the speech. The BJP’s legendry leader also promised the opposition “full support” in running the House if they managed to form a stable government with so much distrust among them.
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