Question

How many members of the Lok Sabha must support a motion of ‘no confidence’ in the government before it can be admitted by the speaker?
A) 20
B) 25
C) 35
D) 50

Answer 1

Hint:
- Under rule 198, a “No Confidence Motion” against the government can only be introduced in the Lok Sabha.
- A Confidence or No Confidence Motion is not mentioned in the Indian Constitution. Article 75, on the other hand, states that the Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha.

Complete answer:
No confidence motion: A no-confidence motion is a parliamentary motion brought in the Lok Sabha against the full counsel of ministers, claiming that they are no longer qualified to hold positions of responsibility owing to insufficiency or inability to fulfil their responsibilities. Its acceptance in the Lok Sabha does not require any prior justification.

- A motion of No Confidence can be accepted if at least 50 members of the house support it.
Once the Speaker is satisfied that the motion is in order, he or she will ask the House if it can be accepted.
- The government is required to quit the office if the motion is passed in the house.
- To pass the House, a motion of no confidence must have a majority vote.
- If people or parties do not vote, their numbers will be subtracted from the House's overall strength, and the majority will be used instead.

Therefore, Option ‘D’ i.e, 50 is the correct answer because there are 50 members of Lok Sabha, who support the no-confidence motion before it can be admitted by the speaker.

Note: After the election, the person with the most votes will be permitted to form the government. In the event of a tie, the speaker has the opportunity to vote. With 15 no-confidence motions, Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister who faced the most. It was faced three times by Lal Bahadur Shastri and Narasimha Rao, twice by Morarji Desai, and once each by Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi, and Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Except for when Prime Minister Morarji Desai resigned during the debates in July 1979, all no-confidence motions were lost.