Today is the last day of the five day Winter Assembly sessions. The assembly reeling under the demand from the oppositions for a no-confidence motion on the `Kiran Sarkar’ is the main point of debate of the day. The oppositions Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) issuing a notice for the no-confidence motion on the first day is going to be debated during the day. After which the sessions shall end.

The fate of the ruling party led by the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy shall be known today with the hot debate for No-confidence set in by the oppositions and assured by the Speaker Nadendla Manohar. Speculations are many in the political circles. They say that the disheartened Praja Rajyam Party led by actor turned politician Chiranjeevei has been cajoled back into the fold and most members who had deserted to YSR Congress are also back. As the present statistics shows the `Kiran Sarkar’ is sure to tide over the situation. But the actual win can be ascertained only after the debate as there are rumors that there is some dissent among the congress itself.

An interesting statistics about the no-confidence motion set in the state assembly since 1956. It has been set in eight times earlier and this is the ninth time. All of them won by the ruling party.

•    1964 – CM Kasu Brahmananda Reddy faced No confidence from opposition leader P Venkateswarulu.
•    1966 – Again CM Kasu Brahmananda Reddy faced No confidence from opposition leader T Viswanadham.
•    1970 – Again CM Kasu Brahmananda Reddy faced No confidence from opposition.
•    1979 –CM Chenna Reddy faced No confidence from opposition leader G Latchanna.
•    Again CM Chenna Reddy faced No confidence from opposition leader Jaipal Reddy.
•    1990 -Again CM Chenna Reddy faced No confidence from opposition leader N T Rama Rao
•    CM Kotla Vijayabhaskara Reddy faced No confidence from opposition leader N T Rama Rao
•    2008- CM Y S Rajasekhara Reddy faced No confidence from opposition leader N Chandra Babu Naidu.

As per the rule in our state for the No-Confidence to be set in atleast 30 elected members have to support the motion. To defeat the no-confidence motion the Government requires strength of at least 144. While Praja Rajyam Party and MIM parties are allies to the Congress, the rest of them are likely to vote against the Government. The Congress has a current strength of 153 in the assembly.