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Manmohan GOVT WINS TRUST VOTE

Votes in favour:  275
Votes against:    256
Abstentions:        10

Delhi Test
Manmohan bats with confidence
Lifeline: Mamata decides to abstain.
Ditto 10 others from NDA?
New Delhi, July 21
With a determined Opposition making a valiant attempt to dislodge the 50-month-old UPA regime, the scene of action shifted to Parliament today where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sought a trust vote in the Lok Sabha following the withdrawal of support to his government by the Left parties over the Indo-US nuclear deal.

Editorial: Advantage Mayawati

A confident-looking Manmohan Singh arrives for the special session of Parliament in New Delhi on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

N-Deal
8-member team ready for whirlwind tour
New Delhi, July 21
Confident about sailing through tomorrow’s trust vote in the Lok Sabha, the UPA government has set up a high-powered eight-member team which is all set to tour the 45 countries of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) to hardsell the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement to them.

US ready to work with minority govt
Washington, July 21
Ahead of the crucial trust vote that will decide the fate of the UPA government, the US said today that it would move forward on the nuclear deal with any dispensation in New Delhi-even if it was in minority.

BJP feels the heat, top leaders huddle
New Delhi, July 21
Even as the Lok Sabha continues with its debate on the confidence motion, top leaders of BJP on Monday met in New Delhi to review the emerging political equations. Senior party leader L. K. Advani, BJP chief Rajnath Singh, senior leaders Jaswant Singh, Arun Jaitley, Venkiah Naidu held discussions in the Leader of Opposition's office in Parliament house.

N-deal will hamper IPI work: Maya
New Delhi, July 21
Asking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not to make the nuclear deal a “prestige issue”, BSP chief Mayawati said today that the UPA should suspend further action on the agreement and leave it for the next government to finalise it. Claiming that the deal was a step to make India a “slave” of the US, she said the country should hold its head high to safeguard its interests.

Tough nut: Karnal MP chooses BSP
Chandigarh, July 21
All efforts of the Congress to win back its Karnal MP Arvind Sharma have come to a naught. According to information received here, Sharma met BSP supremo Mayawati at her Delhi residence late tonight. Sharma, who had created jitters in the Congress by accusing it of misusing the CBI to persecute Mayawati on July 18, had met AICC president Sonia Gandhi yesterday after he was persuaded to do so.