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Advani's adjournment motion on black money
defeated
Wednesday December 14, 2011 10:32:29 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
The Lok Sabha Wednesday defeated by a voice vote the adjournment
motion moved by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani on
the issue of black money and the government's alleged failure to
tackle it.
After a debate that lasted nearly six hours, the motion to adjourn
the house, which would have meant a censure for the government,
was put to voice vote.
Most of the MPs in the packed house said no to the motion. The
house resumed its normal business after the motion was defeated.
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