TDP had no reason to bring no-confidence motion: BJP

Addressing the lower house during the debate on the No-Confidence Motion, BJP MP Rakesh Singh said: "After listening to Jayadev Galla (TDP MP), I am feeling that there was no reason to bring the no-confidence motion."

"The motion was brought several times in the country but this time it has no basis," he added.

Galla said the Modi government is one of unkept promises and said Andhra issues are national issues as well.

He said AP is the new state and not Telangana.

Chandrababu Naidu's TDP has brought the no-confidence motion, demanding a special status for Andhra Pradesh.

The motion is supported by the Congress, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

With 314 members in the lower house of Parliament, the no-trust motion is not a threat to the BJP-led NDA government, since the number is more than the half-way mark (272).

However, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) ally partner Shiv Sena said it will abstain from voting in the motion.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has walked out of the Lok Sabha.

Union Minister Ananth Kumar earlier said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is having the full support of its allies.

While interacting with reporters, Kumar said: "NDA has full support of its allies. We will also have support from other political parties. All our allies are together."

The voting is scheduled to take place at 6 pm.