UPA Govt. wins trust vote by huge margin, to go ahead with India-US nuclear deal

With the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government needing 271 votes to win in a Parliament with 541 effective seats, it romped home with 275 votes in favor of the nuclear deal while the opposition, led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Left parties and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), could manage only 256 votes. Ten votes were in abstention.

Seven BJP MPs, two from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and one from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) voted for the government motion.

Meanwhile, the parliamentary session was also adjourned for some time on Tuesday after members of opposition parties accused the coalition government of offering bribes to them to vote in favor of the deal or abstain from voting.

However, the government has brushed off the allegations of "horse trading" saying those who are making the allegations should give the proof.

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) has pledged to look into the bribery charges.