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Haryana BJP Survives No-Confidence Vote After Opposition Walkout

A comfortable BJP lead in the 90-member House left the challenge largely symbolic.

Overview

  • The Congress moved the motion alleging unconstitutional formation and 'vote theft' before walking out over what it called an unsatisfactory reply from Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini.
  • In the absence of the Opposition, Speaker Harvinder Kalyan put the motion to a voice vote that rejected it after a roughly five-hour debate that ran until about 10:15 pm.
  • Assembly numbers favored the government, with the BJP at 48 MLAs including the Speaker, the Congress at 37, the INLD at two, and three Independents supporting the ruling party.
  • Saini dismissed the allegations and pointed to declines in murders, dacoities, riots and robberies, nearly 200,000 merit-based government jobs, and a projected 2025–26 fiscal deficit of 2.67% of GSDP.
  • This was the first no-confidence motion faced by the Saini administration, echoing earlier Congress attempts against previous BJP governments that were also defeated.