In the 38-minutes that has been allotted to the Congress-party during the no-confidence motion that the Lok-Sabha will debate, party has readied a line-up of five stalwarts to raise crucial-issues. Apart from Rahul-Gandhi, leaders from the party who are slated to speak are Jyotiraditya-Scindia, Mallikarjun-Kharge, Shashi-Tharoor and KC-Venugopal. Sonia-Gandhi along with other senior leaders of the party brainstormed the strategy for Friday's big-showdown.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Varanasi to launch 13 development-related schemes on July 14. This will be PM Modi's 13th visit to his Lok Sabha constituency in last four years. Keeping in mind the PM's hectic trip, during which he will inaugurate the projects, the PMO has directed all agencies to finish the pending works on these projects by July 10.