An all-party meeting aimed at breaking the continuous stalemate in Parliament is now underway. Leaders from different opposition parties including Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mallikarjun Kharge of the Congress, Sitaram Yechury of the CPI(M), Sharad Yadav of the JD(U) and Ram Gopal Yadav of the Samajwadi Party, are attending the meeting. From the government side, senior Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu are present. <br/><br/>The government will make a fresh bid to end the two-week long deadlock in Parliament. Almost half of the monsoon session of Parliament has been washed out due to disruptions as opposition parties led by Congress did not allow the business on their demand for resignations of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over the Lalit Modi controversy and Vyapam scam.<br/><br/>Earlier in the day, Congress President Sonia Gandhi reiterated her party stand that it will continue to press the demand for senior BJP leaders' resignations and rejected government's efforts to break the deadlock.

An all-party meeting aimed at breaking the continuous stalemate in Parliament is now underway. Leaders from different opposition parties including Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mallikarjun Kharge of the Congress, Sitaram Yechury of the CPI(M), Sharad Yadav of the JD(U) and Ram Gopal Yadav of the Samajwadi Party, are attending the meeting. From the government side, senior Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu are present. <br/><br/>The government will make a fresh bid to end the two-week long deadlock in Parliament. Almost half of the monsoon session of Parliament has been washed out due to disruptions as opposition parties led by Congress did not allow the business on their demand for resignations of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over the Lalit Modi controversy and Vyapam scam.<br/><br/>Earlier in the day, Congress President Sonia Gandhi reiterated her party stand that it will continue to press the demand for senior BJP leaders' resignations and rejected government's efforts to break the deadlock.