In 1999, Atal Bihari Vajpayee's nda administration was overthrown by a single vote in the Lok Sabha's no-confidence resolution. When the AIADMK stopped supporting the nda, the Vajpayee administration was put through the floor test on april 17, 1999. There were 270 votes against Vajpayee and 269 in favor.
According to The Times of India, some twenty years later, ncp leader and leader of the Opposition sharad pawar said that he had swayed the lone vote from the ruling alliance nda in his favor. At the presentation of Nilesh Kumar Kulkarni's Marathi book "Sansad Bhavan Te Central Vista" at maharashtra Sadan in delhi on Thursday, february 21, ncp president Pawar revealed this information. He discussed what happened in 1999 while he was the Vajpayee government's leader of the Opposition.
"I was the leader of the Opposition in parliament at the time," he remarked, recalling the no-confidence vote. They were the target of a no-confidence motion when we were in the opposition. One vote was needed to approve this proposal. I'll now explain how I received that vote.
There was a pause following the presentation of the motion of no-confidence. I went out and talked to someone during that period and returned. Because one member of the ruling party made a different decision, the government was overthrown by a single vote. However, I won't reveal to you who I spoke with or how it transpired.
Pawar also talked about his time spent with Bal Thackeray, the founder of the Shiv Sena. He said that he was known as "Sharad babu" by Bal Thackeray.
According to The Times of India, some twenty years later, ncp leader and leader of the Opposition sharad pawar said that he had swayed the lone vote from the ruling alliance nda in his favor. At the presentation of Nilesh Kumar Kulkarni's Marathi book "Sansad Bhavan Te Central Vista" at maharashtra Sadan in delhi on Thursday, february 21, ncp president Pawar revealed this information. He discussed what happened in 1999 while he was the Vajpayee government's leader of the Opposition.
"I was the leader of the Opposition in parliament at the time," he remarked, recalling the no-confidence vote. They were the target of a no-confidence motion when we were in the opposition. One vote was needed to approve this proposal. I'll now explain how I received that vote.
There was a pause following the presentation of the motion of no-confidence. I went out and talked to someone during that period and returned. Because one member of the ruling party made a different decision, the government was overthrown by a single vote. However, I won't reveal to you who I spoke with or how it transpired.
Pawar also talked about his time spent with Bal Thackeray, the founder of the Shiv Sena. He said that he was known as "Sharad babu" by Bal Thackeray.
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