The Government has requested all parties, especially the opposition, for their co-operation for the smooth functioning of the House", Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar announced on Thursday after a meeting of all parties ahead of the truncated session. Parliament will hold 14 sittings in this session, compared to 21 last year.
The government's appeal, made just after a bitter campaign in the Gujarat elections ended, however, is unlikely to persuade the opposition to play along. Not when it was already cut up with the ruling NDA government for trimming the winter session due to elections in PM Modi's home state.
Also, the Congress does not intend to let the allegation leveled by PM Modi against former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pass. Leading his party's campaign in Gujarat, PM Modi had alleged that senior Congress leaders including Dr Singh colluded with Pakistani officials at a dinner event in Delhi in an attempt to influence the Gujarat result.
