Sorry Rishab- less than Enlightening

Rishab, what stuff! I am referring to "there is a million precedents and there are none"

The first half of that statement is accurate but for the wrong reasons while the second half is entirely wrong.

Strictly speaking the Lok Sabha rules (#190 or thereabouts) provide only for a no-confidence motion. The confidence motion or trust vote is a popular alternative which has evolved primarily from a desire to avoid all the unpleasantness of a no-confidence motion. (NO sushrut, the two are the same!) yes true but with a trust vote or a confidence motion YOU control the timing, the spin everything. So you are percieived as the one calling the shots. Far pleasanter than "I challenge you." this says, "I'm just checking"

Now what rubbishes your 1st point is that in fact there have been several precedents to a trust vote itself. Despite no procedure being prescribed trust votes have been successfully conducted in the past. Vajpayee's first government conducted it unsuccessfully. The UP Assembly has often had trust votes most famously under Kalyan Singh when more than 1/3rd of the LA defected (read 10th Schedule to our constitution) What's more they were each carried out with the consensus that the result would be as conclusive as a no-confidence motion one way or the other.

So each and every one of these bills does in fact decide the fate of the incumbent government. For clarity,

1. any other party enjoying a majority in the house after the failure of the trust vote would then prove the majority on the floor
2. failng this the PM would have to write to the President asking him to dissolve the LS
3. fresh elections would be announced

There is no question of the PM not writing to the President. The constitutional mandate that the cabinet be formed by the party in majority easily and completely overshadows any other argument

Manmohan: "You know that trust vote we just had? It doesn't count. Correct no? I was just checking 'cos I was curious. The LS rules have no provision for this so how can it count? That was trial-ball. Not counted."

Advani: "Sure Manny, sure...."

Laloo(whispers to amar singh): "This is soooo embarassing"


NOTE: guys parliamentary procedure is boring. and fact based as opposed to opinion based. Lets have a real opinion based debate na....

I propose this...

"This house believes that Christian Bale may be awesome but John McClane can kick Batman's ass anyday"

A worthy topic FINALLY!!