Ministers head to Parliament for all-party meet ahead of Budget session

January 30, 2017 11:46

Union Ministers arrive for all party meet in Parliament ahead of the Budget session of Parliament. That's BJP's Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Arun Jaitley inside Parliament House.

The government has convened an all-party meeting today ahead of the Budget Session of Parliament to seek opposition's support for the smooth conduct of proceedings in both the Houses.

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has also called a meeting of leaders of political parties in the House same evening. The Budget Session will start from Tuesday with President Pranab Mukherjee's address to a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.

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