Oppn plans no-trust motion

Ready for statement and debate on Manipur, Amit Shah writes to Kharge and Chowdhury

- PREETHA NAIR

STEPPING up their offensive against the government on the Manipur issue, leaders of the Opposition alliance, INDIA, on Tuesday decided to move a no-confidence motion against the Modi government in the Lok Sabha.

The decosion came on a day when Union home minister Amit Shah wrote to leaders of the Opposition, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Mallikarjun Kharge, seeking their cooperation in discussing Manipur in Parliament.

In the Opposition camp, floor leaders of 26 parties will hold a meeting at 10 am on Wednesday and are likely to submit a notice for a no-confidence motion to make Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak in Parliament on the Manipur violence, sources said.