New Delhi, Sep 4: The government has agreed to a discussion in both houses of Parliament on the issue of the missing coal files, resolving the stand-off with the opposition BJP on Wednesday
The end to the impasse came after two rounds of discussions that Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath had with top BJP leaders L. K. Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley.
At the meeting, the Ministers asked BJP to allow proceedings in the two Houses so that important legislative business including Pension Bill and Land Acquisition Bill could be taken up, sources said.
However, BJP leaders insisted that the issue of coal files needed to be taken up on priority, particularly in the wake of reports that a senior CBI officer had sought questioning of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in connection with allocations made when he held the Coal portfolio between 2006 and 2009.
BJP said that after debate on coal issue, it would allow continuation of discussion on Pension Bill in the Lok Sabha and consideration of Land Acquisition Bill in the Rajya Sabha.Finally, the agreement was reached, under which a debate was taken up on coal issue.
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