NEW DELHI: Opposition parties today closed ranks over JNU row but offered conditional support only for the passage of “essential” bills, as Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari held an all-party meeting aimed at ensuring its smooth functioning in the budget session, beginning next week.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who also attended the meeting, made a brief intervention hoping that the three-month long session, beginning February 23, would be a “very constructive and positive” affair.
However, there was enough indication that the crucial bills like GST are unlikely to be taken up in the first half of the session, which concludes on March 16.
The JNU row was raised by several opposition leaders and Government assured them that a date for the debate on the issue will in all probability be decided on the opening day of the session itself. (AGENCIES)
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