It's the day 2 of the debate at the Lok Sabha of the No Confidence Motion against the Center and today all the eyes are on Rahul Gandhi.

Yesterday, everybody was excited, and also at the same time disappointed when Gandhi did not initiate the debate but the motion was moved by Gaurav Gogoi, Kaliabor MP and deputy leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha.

Clearing the air on when Rahul Gandhi will speak,  Congress Leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, "Rahul Gandhi will speak today. He will begin from our side at noon."

The BJP criticised the last-moment change, Union parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi announced that the Congress gave a letter at 11.55am, and the debate began at noon,that Gandhi will speak, and wondered if a problem crept up in five minutes.

Congress’s deputy leader in the House, Gaurav Gogoi, who initiated the debate, argued that ministers should not reveal any discussions held at Lok Sabha Speaker’s chamber and warned that they too, could reveal what Prime Minister Narendra Modi purportedly said in the chamber.

An angry Union home minister Amit Shah rose from his seat in response, and challenged Gogoi to reveal what the PM might have said in the Speaker’s chamber. “This is a serious allegation. You should tell us what the PM said,” Shah said.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla intervened to caution Gogoi. “My chamber is also a part of the Lok Sabha. Never make any statement which is not backed by truth or information,” Birla said.

The Congress had submitted a notice to the Table Office at 11.55am on Tuesday that Gandhi will initiate the debate.

Congress leaders said that Gandhi’s office was consulted before the notice was served. But Gandhi decided otherwise, said the leaders cited above, and Gogoi, who moved the motion of no-confidence against the government, opened the debate.

Source: HindustanTimes and NDTV

One Congress leader said that Gandhi wanted to “surprise” the government. Another said that Gandhi wanted Gogoi, an MP from Northeast, to start the debate, and he will speak on Thursday, the last day of the debate when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reply to the no-confidence motion.