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The second no-confidence motion in five years against the BJP-led NDA government failed in Thursday's vote as the opposition split after Prime Minister Narendra Modi predicted victory for the ruling alliance in 2024 and dared rivals to table a third motion against him. In 2028, when India would be among the top three economies in the world, he said. The first presentation was made in July 2018.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the Lok Sabha; (right) Members of the opposition leave the parliament. The ruthless prime minister called INDIA's group "Ghamandia" and said the alliance could only "ensure two centuries of bankruptcy, instability, corruption, nepotism, terrorism, and oppression of the people".

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was expelled from the LS for "repeated misconduct" during the trust debates.
Pralhad Joshi of BJP moved the resolution. The matter goes to the Privileges Panel. Until then, Adhir is suspended
Speaking for more than two-and-a-half hours, responding to a debate in the Lok Sabha on the motion by Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, the Prime Minister assured the speedy restoration of peace in Manipur, which he called "a piece of our heart". . . "I want to tell the people of Manipur, mothers, and daughters, that the nation is with them. We will find a solution and peace will be restored," he said, blaming the Congress's politics and past for the Air Force raid on the Mizos in 1966. Blaming the Congress for the problems in the Northeast, he noted, "Later, the Akal Takht was attacked... today they are lecturing us."