Patna: The JDU, one of the constituents of the NDA, has decided to oppose the no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government during voting on Friday.

JDU secretary general K.C. Tyagi shared the party's stand on this issue on Thursday.

Speaking to The Telegraph over phone, he said: "We would vote against the motion."

Former BJP ally the Telugu Desam Party has brought the no-confidence motion and is being supported by several opposition parties, including the Congress, the Trinamul Congress and the RJD."

The JDU has two MPs in the Lower House of Parliament. The party was part of the NDA since 1996 but it had walked out of the alliance in 2013.

However, it came back to the NDA fold in 2017 and since then, there had been several issues on which JDU leaders have aired views not in conformity with the stand taken by Narendra Modi government giving birth to speculations that all was not well in the alliance.

The JDU's style of exhibiting its independence on various issues irrespective of its alliance is also visible vis-à-vis the Modi's government move to amend the RTI Act. The party has still not made up its mind. "We will take any stand on this bill only after going through the details of the bill," Tyagi said.

When his attention was drawn towards some of the media reports regarding proposed amendments in the Act which would given the Centre power to decide the term and salary of information commissioners across the country, the JDU secretary general said he could not go by what had appeared in the media and the party will take a final call only after going through the details of the amendment bill.

Even though JDU's stand on the amendment bill will not have much effect in the Lok Sabha where the party has only two MPs, but in the Rajya Sabha, where BJP does not enjoy majority, the stand of JDU, which has six MPs, will become crucial.

The Congress, the Trinamul, the RJD, the AAP and the Left have already announced that they will oppose the RTI Act amendment bill, which is expected to be introduced in the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament.

Speaking about the recent incident in which social activist Agnivesh was thrashed by some fringe group members at Pakur in Jharkhand, Tyagi said: "Everyone has the right to put one's views in democracy. We don't consider such incidents good. One may disagree with someone's views but using violence is not good and such incidents would weaken democracy."