Advani: seek vote of confidence

— Photo: V. Sudershan On the offensive: BJP leaders L.K. Advani (left) and Jaswant Singh addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Saturday. NEW DELHI: Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani on Saturday demanded that the Manmohan Singh government convene Parliament “immediately” and “seek the confidence of the House by moving a vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha” as for “all practical purposes the government had lost its majority” barring a formal withdrawal of support by the Left parties expected in a day or two. Mr. Advani’s charge — made at a crowded press conference addressed by him jointly with Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh — was that the government had lost its “moral legitimacy” to rule and “whether it had the numbers or not to prove its majority could only be determined through a floor... [read full story]