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Who Is Giridhar Gamang, The MP Whose Vote Led To The Fall Of The Vajpayee Government In 1999?
Former Odisha Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang rejoined the Indian National Congress on Wednesday, eight years after he had quit the party.
The 80-year-old tribal leader from Dibirisingi, Orissa is also a former nine-time MP and has held several positions including Union Ministers of Communications, Food Processing Industries, Mines, etc.
How Giridhar Gamang vote changed Indian politics
However, his most notable and most controversial act was a vote in the Parliament in 1999 that led to the fall of a government.
Gamang was the Lok Sabha MP from Koraput in 1998 when he was appointed the Chief Minister of Odisha.
He assumed office as the CM but did not resign as MP.
Two months later when the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was facing a no-confidence motion, Gamang voted against the NDA government.
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The no-confidence motion was passed with a majority of just one vot