Will a no-confidence motion be passed when a minister doesn't answer in question hour?
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In India, a motion of No Confidence can be introduced only in the Lok sabha (the lower house of the Parliament of India). The motion is admitted for discussion when a minimum of 50 members of the house support the motion.
If the motion carries, the House debates and votes on the motion. If a majority of the members of the house vote in favour of the motion, the motion is passed and the Government is bound to vacate the office. Acharya Kriplani moved the first-ever No confidence motion on the floor of the Lok Sabha in August 1963, immediately after the disastrous India-China War.
As of July 2008, 26 no-confidence motions have been moved. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi faced the most number of no-confidence motions - 15 times, followed by Lal Bahadur Shashtri and Narsimha rao (thrice each), Morarji Desai (twice) and Jawahar Lal Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi and Atal Bihari vajpayee (once each). [1] All the no-confidence motions have been defeated except once when Prime Minister Morarji Desai resigned during the discussions on July 12, 1979.
With the anti-defection law, Vote of no-confidence has no relevance left in case the majority party has an absolute majority in the House. If the majority party (with an absolute majority in the House) issues whip to vote party members in favor of the Government, then it is impossible to remove the Government by no-confidence motion. Hence the no-confidence exercise of House merely becomes the no-confidence exercise of the Party.