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Indian parliament prepares to vote on Gujarat censure motion
India's western state of Gujarat is braced for fresh religious clashes as parliament prepares for a vote of censure of the national coalition government over its handling of the violence.
The vote in parliament cannot topple the fragile 20-party coalition of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, which is under enormous pressure over its failure to contain the riots in which over 850 people, mostly Muslims, have been killed.
But it would amount to a condemnation and embarrassment for Mr Vajpayee's Hindu nationalist BJP if it were to lose the vote over India's worst religious violence in a decade.
The decision of deputy speaker P.M. Sayeed to allow the vote came after a renewed upsurge in violence in Gujarat.
23/04/2002 22:00:52 | ABC Radio Australia News
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