New Delhi: Government on Monday ruled out bringing a trust vote in the wake of parliamentary deadlock over CAG report on coal block allocation and asserted that if the Opposition brings a no confidence motion, it will be defeated.
"There is no such plan," Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said when asked if government's plans to bring a vote of confidence.
"Why should we bring it," he said.
Earlier, sources said that the government is likely to bring a confidence motion in the Lok Sabha next week to show that it has the numbers on its side.
Sources said that the UPA is united and all its constituents have assured the Congress of their support.
There is no question of cancelling coal blocks allocation and Manmohan Singh will not resign, but is ready with his defence in Parliamentary Accounts Committee, they said.
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