The Chhattisgarh assembly on Tuesday defeated the no-confidence motion against the 3 year old Raman Singh-led government. The motion, which was brought by the main Opposition Congress, was opposed by 48 MLAs of the BJP and supported by 37 MLAs of the Congress in the 91 member strong Assembly. Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha now has 49 members from the BJP, 39 from the Congress, 2 from the BSP and one nominated member. Discussion on the motion went on for three days.