Cash-for-vote: BJP to move privilege motion against Manmohan

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said it would move a privilege motion against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday for "misleading" the House by claiming MPs were not bribed during the July 2008 trust vote even though the Parliamentary probe committee said that money was paid.

Privileged motion

A privileged motion is a motion in parliamentary procedure that is granted precedence over ordinary business because it concerns matters of great importance or urgency. Such motions are not debatable, although in case of questions of privilege, the chair may feel the need to elicit relevant facts from members.