The United Progressive Alliance government and the opposition National Democratic Alliance have reportedly reached a compromise that will allow for a debate and voting on the price rise issue.
Various news reports quoted sources as saying that voting on the issue would take place under Rule 184 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha with the consent of the speaker.
It was also revealed that a similar debate would take place in the Rajya Sabha on the same issue.
Parliament has not conducted any business for the past two days in the wake of the opposition demanding that the government come clean on the issue of price rise and on the controversial appointment of Congress MP Suresh Kalmadi as the chairman of the organizing committee of the 19th Commonwealth Games that was held in New Delhi in October last year.
The opposition uproar in both the houses has come in the wake of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India holding the Prime Minister’s Office responsible for making Kalmadi the Commonwealth Games chief. The opposition has also blamed the PMO for the 2G scandal, claiming that it micro-managed the scam.
The NDA wants to raise the 2G issue afresh after former telecom minister A Raja tried to drag in the Prime Minister's Office and the then finance minister P Chidambaram, saying they were in the know of all the decisions taken regarding allocation of spectrum.
In the Lok Sabha, the UPA has 270 lawmakers, while the NDA has 170 and others have the remaining 102.
The session, which started yesterday, is also crucial as nearly 80 bills are to be introduced for discussions. But the government's emphasis is on anti-corruption bills like the Lokpal Bill.
The judicial accountability Bill is also in the pipeline for which the government has kept the judiciary out of Lokpal Bill.
The Opposition also wants to debate the black money issue, unrest over demand for Telangana statehood, farmers' protest over land acquisition, Maoist violence, rail accidents and the mismanagement of Air India.
Issues like FDI in retail and farmers' agitation on land acquisition could see the Left and the Right making a common cause in Parliament.
The Monsoon session is scheduled for five weeks.
