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No Confidence Motion Live Updates: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi wondered why Rahul Gandhi's name as lead speaker was withdrawn last minute.                       Congress Attacks PM During No-Trust Debate, Rahul Gandhi Won't Speak Today  New Delhi: The debate on the no-confidence motion against the BJP-led government brought by opposition alliance INDIA started amid loud sloganeering. Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi opened the debate, with heated exchanges between the opposition and treasury benches. Here’s your 10-point guide to this big story: Mr Gogoi said the opposition bloc INDIA was forced to bring the no-confidence motion against the government to break Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “vow of silence” on Manipur. He alleged that a government which talks about “one India has created two Manipurs — one living in the hills and the other in the valley”. “Manipur demands justice. Martin Luther King Jr had said ...

Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said the poor and the middle classes in India were faced with a double whammy of inflation and rising unemployment. Police remove Mahila Congress workers protesting against inflation outside the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday.  NEW DELHI: Describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the “Mehngaai-Man,” the Congress on Tuesday lashed out at the BJP government for its “failure to curb the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities”. Addressing the media in the capital, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said the poor and the middle classes in India were faced with a double whammy. On one side, they have to face backbreaking inflation and on the other, there is a rise in unemployment, she said. “Unemployment rate was the highest right now. Till now, we had heard of Superman, the Spiderman and the He-Man and now we have the Mehngaai-Man,” said Shrinate. Prices of vegetables like tomatoes, which were selling between Rs 10 and Rs 15...