The Lok Sabha is taking up a no-confidence motion against the government for debate and voting on Friday, two days after the start of the monsoon session. Top guns of the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will take part in the debate, which will conclude with a reply from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congress president Rahul Gandhi is expected to speak during the day. Seven hours have been set aside for the debate, which will begin at 11 am and continue without any lunch break. Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has allocated 3.5 hours to the BJP, 38 minutes to the Congress and 13 minutes to the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). These figures, calculated based on the strength of a party in the House, were provided by officials to news agencies on Thursday. The Modi government is expected to have a smooth sailing. The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) appears confident about its numbers, with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar saying that it will be "NDA plus" at the end of voting. On the other hand, the Congress has said that it will use the occasion to "expose" the government's "failure"
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