Political parties have assured Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to extend full cooperation in smooth functioning of Parliament.<br/><br/>The assurance came during the meeting of the political parties in the Lok Sabha convened by Ms Mahajan in New Delhi Sunday evening.<br/><br/>Talking to reporters after the meeting, Ms Mahajan said the parties expressed their views for discussions on various issues including terrorism, situation in Jammu and Kashmir and price rise. <br/><br/>During the meeting, leaders of the various parties including Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, Sudip Bandyopadhyay of TrinaMool Congress, Bhartruhari Mahtab of Biju Janata Dal, P Karunakaran of CPI(M), Tariq Anwar of Nationalist Congress Party were present.<br/><br/>Deputy Speaker M Thambidurai and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar also attending the meeting.<br/><br/>Later, the Speaker hosted a dinner to the leaders in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi also joined.<br/><br/>At the beginning of the meeting, Ms Mahajan launched an e-portal of members of the Lok Sabha.<br/>She also released the Seventh edition of the book Practice and Procedure of Parliament written by M N Kaul and S L Shakdher.