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NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Friday protested being allotted only 38 minutes to present its views on the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha today against the BJP-led NDA government, reported news agency ANI. Just ahead of the trust vote debate, speaking in the Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge of the Congress, requested the speaker Sumitra Mahajan to not limit time to major parties' presentations in the debate, and called it "discrimination".Meanwhile, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) stages a walkout on the issue as soon as proceedings began in the Lok Sabha on Friday.The Congress said a no-confidence motion isn't like a question hour which has different rules for allotting time per speaker."Is this time sufficient for us to highlight issues of 130 crore Indians and faults of this government? Each party should get 30 minutes, but 38 minutes have been allotted to the largest opposition party. No-confidence motion can't be treated like question hour," said Kharge, who's also the leader of the largest opposition party in the Lok Sabha.As the main mover of the no-confidence motion against the government, the Telugu Desam Party will initiate the debate on it in the Lok Sabha on Friday and it has been allocated 13 minutes by the speaker. Jaydev Galla will be the first speaker of the party, followed by Rammohan Naidu.Other opposition parties such as the AIADMK, Trinamool Congress, Biju Janata Dal, Telangana Rashtra Samithi have been allocated 29 minutes, 27 minutes, 15 minutes and nine minutes respectively.The ruling BJP, which enjoys a majority in the House, has been given 3 hours and 33 minutes in the debate, which is scheduled for seven hours.