As expected, the no-confidence motion against the Sheila Dikshit Government was defeated on Wednesday by voice-vote amid a din by BJP legislators in Delhi Assembly.
BJP MLAs, instead of participating in the voting, entered into the well of the House, demanding Dikshits resignation on the sealing issue and disrupting the proceedings.
The motion was defeated by voice-vote and Speaker Chaudhary Prem Singh, who was irked by the commotion, adjourned the House for a while.
It was for the first time in the history of the Delhi Assembly that the debate on a no-confidence motion has stretched for almost three days, with BJP biting the dust on the last day of the discussion.
As soon as the proceedings started, the Opposition started shouting slogans against the Chief Minister for giving statements on sealing issue to media outside the House.
We are discussing the matter in the House and the Chief Minister has no moral right to give statement outside the House, said the leader of the Opposition Jagdish Mukhi.
Accusing the Delhi Government of ignoring the plight of traders facing sealing of their shops, the BJP MLAs shouted anti-government slogans and entered into the well of the House. They demanded that Dikshit resign on moral grounds for her failure to give relief to the traders.