<p class="title">The no-confidence motion moved against the Narendra Modi-led government, taken up in the Lok Sabha onFriday, is the 27th in the history of the House and the first in 15 years.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Of the 27, 15 were against Indira Gandhi during her various tenures as prime minister, reveals data from the Lok Sabha secretariat.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There were three motions against Lal Bahadur Shastri, three against P V Narasimha Rao, two against Morarji Desai and one each against Rajiv Gandhi and Atal Behari Vajpayee.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The first no-confidence motion was moved against Jawaharlal Nehru in August 1963 by J B Kripalani.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The last no-confidence was moved in 2003 by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi against the Vajpayee-led NDA government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Only once in the history of the lower house has the prime minister resigned after a no-confidence motion. In 1979, Morarji Desai resigned as the discussion on the motion was inconclusive.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the details available with Lok Sabha secretariat, six no-confidence motions were moved in the third and the fourth Lok Sabha, the maximum.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The third Lok Sabha, from 1962 to 1967 saw three prime ministers -- Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The fourth Lok Sabha was from 1967 to 1970 with Indira Gandhi as prime minister.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Four of the 15 no-confidence motions against Indira Gandhi were moved by CPI(M) leader Jyotirmnoy Basu. </p>
<p class="title">The no-confidence motion moved against the Narendra Modi-led government, taken up in the Lok Sabha onFriday, is the 27th in the history of the House and the first in 15 years.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Of the 27, 15 were against Indira Gandhi during her various tenures as prime minister, reveals data from the Lok Sabha secretariat.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There were three motions against Lal Bahadur Shastri, three against P V Narasimha Rao, two against Morarji Desai and one each against Rajiv Gandhi and Atal Behari Vajpayee.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The first no-confidence motion was moved against Jawaharlal Nehru in August 1963 by J B Kripalani.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The last no-confidence was moved in 2003 by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi against the Vajpayee-led NDA government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Only once in the history of the lower house has the prime minister resigned after a no-confidence motion. In 1979, Morarji Desai resigned as the discussion on the motion was inconclusive.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the details available with Lok Sabha secretariat, six no-confidence motions were moved in the third and the fourth Lok Sabha, the maximum.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The third Lok Sabha, from 1962 to 1967 saw three prime ministers -- Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The fourth Lok Sabha was from 1967 to 1970 with Indira Gandhi as prime minister.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Four of the 15 no-confidence motions against Indira Gandhi were moved by CPI(M) leader Jyotirmnoy Basu. </p>