the Congress-led UPAcoalition will triumph during the confidence vote

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Government managers on Monday maintained that the Congress-led UPAcoalition will triumph during the confidence vote with RJD leaderand Railways minister Lalu Yadav declaring "we are confident of at humping majority in favour of the government."
"Our number is continuously growing. It has now exceeded the 291mark. There is going to be a great victory for us," said Lalushortly before the Lok Sabha took up the trust vote.
Government's tally stood at 266 pledged votes while 265 were rangedagainst it. Arithmetically the government will need the support of271 MPs but this figure could be reduced if some MPs from theopposition camp abstain as is widely speculated.
Amid fears in all the camps - UPA, BJP-led NDA and in BSP, UNFPA -that some MPs may rebel, the balance sheet of those and against thetrust vote still did not throw up clear winners.
Parties like the 2-member National Conference and one-memberTrinamool Congress are keeping their cards close to their chest andmay well not come out with their stand until the home run of the16-hour trust debate.
BJP leader V K Malhotra claimed that the opponents to the trustvote will get the required numbers to vote out the government. "Weneed just three to four MPs more," he said.
BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad claimed "UPA is crumbling" andthat there were no defections from the NDA.
Not to take any chances, BJP rushed in filmstar-turned MPDharmendra who arrived on Monday from Los Anglese where he isrecuperating after a knee surgery.