Chandigarh, Feb. 23 -- The no-confidence motion against the Haryana Cabinet, brought by the main opposition Congress, was defeated by a voice vote after the Opposition party's MLAs walked out from the Assembly. At the end of a four-hour-long discussion on the motion, Congress members walked out expressing dissatisfaction with the chief minister's reply. The motion was then defeated through voice vote. Speaker Gian Chand Gupta said the motion had been defeated.
Earlier, Speaker Gupta had admitted the notice of no-confidence motion against the Council of Ministers headed by Chief Minister Khattar.
Speaking in the House during the third day of the Budget session, the Chief Minister said that the Congress had previously brought no-confidence ...