A Lok Sabha bypoll in Tamil Nadu that triggered the first Motion of Confidence in Indian legislature
The adverse outcome of a by-election in Tamil Nadu in 1952 forced the then Chief Minister C. Rajagopalachari (CR or Rajaji) to come up with an innovation in India’s legislature — the first vote of confidence motion proposed by the incumbent government. The by-election in question was for the Aruppukottai Lok Sabha constituency, which was…
