PM Modi wins hands down in no confidence motion in Aajtak live poll Senti-Meter

Prime Minister, Modi’s speech gets 1.3 lakh live votes in the poll run by Aajtak today. 

During the last leg of the fierce debate between the ruling and the Opposition on ‘No Confidence motion’, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi gave a befitting reply to the opposition. 

The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.) moved the no-confidence motion against the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government which set the stage for a parliamentary battle over Manipur violence and other raging issues, which started on 8th August 2023.

In this regard, the popular TV News Channel Aajtak held a viewer engagement activity on the third day of the no confidence motion. This viewer engagement activity, aptly named “Senti-Meter”was a great initiative by Aajtak as it rated the live viewers sentiments about all the speeches that had taken place. This poll had 5 options –Excellent, Very good, Good, Poor andVery Poor, which the viewers had to vote through their mobile phones. In this live poll, Prime Minister’s Speech received more than 1.3 lakh votes from its viewers. 

During the 3 day long verbal battle between I.N.D.I.A and NDA, the opposition accused the Centre of creating a divide in Manipur, the ruling coalition defended itself by laying down government's welfare work. Initiating the debate, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said the I.N.D.I.A. bloc was forced to bring the no-confidence motion against the government to break Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'maun vrat' (vow of silence) on the Manipur violence. He further alleged that a government which talks about ‘one India has created two Manipurs -- one living in hills and the other in the valley’.

In reply to this, Union home minister Amit Shah attacked the Opposition for creating ‘confusion’ by moving the no-confidence motion. “The purpose of the no-confidence motion is only to spread confusion. They are neither farmer friendly nor poor-friendly nor backward-friendly. They are not worried about anyone except their family,” he said.

The central government earlier agreed to discuss the matter related to Manipur violence on August 11 – the last day of the monsoon session. Even there will be a voting in the end of the debate, the BJP-led NDA government will hardly get a hit from the process. It has 331 members in the Lower House, with 303 alone from BJP – far beyond the majority mark of 272.

On the contrary, the I.N.D.I.A. bloc has 144 MPs, the tally can go up to 152 if it gets the support from BRS. So far, Naveen Patnaik's BJD, having 70 MPs, has stood back from supporting the motion.

During his speech PM Modi took a jibe at the opposition saying, “I want to commend the opposition for one thing, as the leader of this house, I had asked them to bring a motion again in 2023 and they listened to me. But they didn't bring any innovation or creativity. I again ask them to bring a motion in 2028 but they need to come fully prepared.”