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Minister appeals opposition to ensure smooth Budget Session

Government today appealed to the opposition to ensure a smooth Budget session beginning next month. It expressed readiness to discuss all issues, including 2G Spectrum, on priority.Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal told PTI that the government plans to have discussions with all political parties ahead of the session but no date has been fixed so far. Bansal's statement came close on the heels of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's remarks in Chennai hoping that a solution would be found in the Budget session to break the impasse over the opposition demand for a JPC probe into the 2G spectrum allocation scam to ensure smooth proceedings in theHouse. Against the backdrop of the washout of the entire winter session over the JPC issue, Bansal said he looked forward with hope to the three-month long budget session. He hoped that the main opposition party will see reason and discuss theMatter in the House as It is the responsibility of each one of the members that Parliament functions. In Chennai, Mukherjee said he will have discussions with various political parties and recalled that Lok Sabha Speaker Miera Kumar had already held discussions with the Opposition in this regard. BJP had yesterday said there would be no let up in its demand for JPC probe during the Budget session. A few days ago Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had also expressed his readiness to explore all possible approaches to end the deadlock in Parliament.

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