Finance Minister P Chidambaram today met Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and her Rajya Sabha counterpart Arun Jaitley to discuss the passage of some crucial financial legislations in the on-going Parliament session facing a deadlock on FDI in retail issue.

Chidambaram met the two BJP leaders in Swaraj's office in Parliament and sought the opposition's support for passage of important Bills. Failure to pass these Bills will hamper the government's business.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath had earlier said government has listed 25 Bills for passage and ten more
for introduction in the winter session.

Chidambaram was present on Thursday at the dinner hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for Swaraj, Jaitley and BJP Parliamentary Party Chief L K Advani in a bid to end the impasse. The issue of passage of Bills had come up in this meeting too but the Opposition did not relent.